Planting Tips

Chapter 13 Why organic fertilizers must be decomposed before they can be applied
Organic fertilizers are fertilizers made from rotting and fermenting animal and plant residues.Under normal circumstances, unripe organic fertilizers cannot be used directly for growing flowers.Some flower lovers often bury rotten eggs, viscera of chickens, ducks, fish, meat skin, bones, raw manure, cake fertilizer, etc. directly into the pot soil. , but hurt the potted plants.Why is this?Because the growth and development of flowers and plants depends on plant roots absorbing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, copper and other nutrients dissolved in water through fermentation in the soil, and the above-mentioned organic wastes are not fully decomposed and are directly buried in the pot. , After encountering water, fermentation will produce high temperature and harmful gas, which will directly burn the root system of flowers, coupled with microbial activities, will cause the soil to lack oxygen, resulting in the death of flowers.At the same time, undecomposed organic fertilizers will produce a smell when fermented, attracting flies to lay eggs and produce maggots, and the maggots can also bite the root system, endangering the normal growth of flowers, and the smell can also pollute the environment.Therefore, family gardening must pay attention to the application of fully decomposed fertilizers to ensure that the flowers grow well.

In addition, some people bury dead animals (such as chickens, ducks, cats, dogs, pigs, etc.) next to flowers and trees, which is also inappropriate.Because these animal corpses rot through water, it is easy to damage the roots of flowers and trees, and at the same time emit a foul smell, which is easy to breed mosquitoes and other pests, affecting environmental sanitation.It is best to bury it in the soil about 1 meter deep, so that the corpse will gradually rot, which can also play a role in fertilization without causing environmental pollution.

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