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- How to use the compost properly
- New planting of beds and soil improvement
- Ornamental and ornamental gardens
- Woods and potted plants
Compost is great for improving soil
How to use the compost properly
The different compost types are suitable for different purposes. Fresh compost and ripening compost differ in their composition so that they can be used either as fertilizer or soil conditioner.
Compost is suitable for:
New planting of beds and soil improvement
Fresh compost, which has not yet fully matured, is suitable for planting beds and for soil improvement. It is spread on the bed in autumn and covered with a layer of foliage. The foliage protects the substrate from the cold and has an insulating effect, so that the soil organisms can work in winter.
If your soil is particularly heavy or sandy, you should use up to 50 liters of fresh compost per square meter. About every two years you can maintain soil fertility at 20 liters per square meter. Since the fresh compost is full of micro and macro organisms, you should not bury it in the ground. The living beings need oxygen for their metabolism.
Ornamental and ornamental gardens
Ripe Compost is an ideal fertilizer for commercial and ornamental plants. Put the compost on the bed in the spring and lightly hook it into the ground.
High-eating vegetables such as potatoes, squash, rhubarb or tomatoes require up to five liters of compost per square meter. Four liters are enough for medium-strong nutrient-eaters per square meter. This group includes cucumbers, kale and kale, Swiss chard, Moravia, radish, spinach and salsify. The weak eaters are grateful for more than two liters per square meter. Crops with low nutritional requirements are beans, endives, onions, radishes or peas.
Ornamental plants in the flower bed have a lower nutrient requirement. Three liters are enough on one square meter. For bog plants you should use the compost sparingly. In the lawn care ranges on the same area a lot of two liters.
Woods and potted plants
Ornamental shrubs, berry bushes and fruit trees need a fertilizer of three liters per square meter. Take out the mature compost in autumn or spring and work it in lightly. Blueberries and conifers need less nutrients.
Plants in window boxes and planters are grateful for a mixture of potting soil and ripe compost. A ratio of 30 percent compost and 70 percent potting soil provides the plants with ideal growing conditions.