Gardening knowledge, a certain amount of experience and a little enthusiasm for experimentation help in the composition of your mixture for plant-friendly greenhouse soil. Don't just rely on well-intentioned tips, after a laboratory test you can go to the ground more safely.
How do I create the best soil for my greenhouse?
To create the ideal greenhouse soil, you should carry out a soil test to determine the pH and nutrient content. You can then put together a suitable mixture of different soils and additives depending on the needs of the plant species.
Nevertheless, this topic isone of the very controversial questions among allotment gardeners. What is certain, however, is that there is still no universal recipe for how to create the best soil. In addition to general location issues, the composition and quality of the greenhouse soil is primarily determined by the plant species to be grown. It is not uncommon for larger greenhouses to even use several soils with different compositions. And finally, experience will show whether the greenhouse soil you have painstakingly selected and mixed meticulously has proven itself over the entire growing season right up to the harvest. Maybe the planting soil even needs to be remixed and distributed over the beds for the next gardening year?
A soil sample provides certainty when it comes to greenhouse soil
To get a first rough overview, it is usually enough topurchase a pH soil test set for around 5.00 euros, with which the most important quality criteria of the greenhouse soil are determined can be checked yourself. If this check was not effective, your internet search engine will find a testing laboratory within a few seconds that will carry out a detailed laboratory analysis for you for 40 to 50 euros.
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More gardening happiness with perfect greenhouse soil. Please also take a look at this article on our portal, which deals with the topic of soil analysis in a little more depth.
