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Chapter 42 What is soilless cultivation? What are the advantages of soilless cultivation?

Soilless cultivation is a method of cultivating plants without soil, but using other substrates instead of soil.

Using soilless culture to cultivate flowers, although soil is not used, colorful flowers and trees can also be cultivated.Soilless cultivation breaks the traditional soil cultivation method and has the following advantages.

(1) Soilless cultivation does not use soil, but uses nutrient solution to supply the nutrients needed for plant growth, which saves fertilizer and water compared to soil cultivation.In the case of soil cultivation, some nutrients are easily fixed by the soil, making it impossible for plants to absorb, and there is also a lot of nutrient loss.

(2) Soilless cultivation flowers grow fast, with large flowers and high yield.The more advanced cut flower production both at home and abroad adopts the soilless cultivation method.

(3) Soilless cultivation is clean and hygienic, without the unpleasant smell emitted by organic fertilizer fermentation, which can reduce environmental pollution and avoid the spread of pests and diseases.

(4) Soilless cultivation uses a clean substrate, which is easy to disinfect, rarely contains weed seeds, does not require manual weeding, can save a lot of labor, and is convenient for mechanized management.

(5) Soilless cultivation is not limited by local water and soil conditions, and flowers can be cultivated anywhere, even in barren lands such as deserts and wastelands, as well as places with little or no land.

(6) Soilless cultivation vessels are more beautiful than clay pots.At present, most of them use various brightly colored plastic products or white glass fiber reinforced plastic basins, which are more coordinated with the modern furniture and electrical appliances of the family.

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