Property News · July 29, 2018

Ground rules: how to keep your soil happy and healthy


A wise regime won’t take too much time and your plot and the planet will thank you for itFertiliser can be expensive. It can be time-consuming to apply. It can also use valuable resources and even contribute to environmental pollution. So here’s some great news: in many cases, slavish devotion to its application is not only unnecessary, but cutting down on its use can give you far better results. You just need to know how to feed wisely.Plants are truly amazing, in that, unlike animals, they can simply manufacture their own food. Functioning as living solar panels, they trap the energy from solar radiation and convert it into the sugars that fuel their growth via the miracle of photosynthesis. However, while plants can indeed create their own food, they do require small amounts of certain minerals to make their cells and the chemicals they contain. In most plants these are accessed by simply pumping them out of the soil (basically a mix of minerals, water, air and microbial life) via the action of their roots. They do this all the time when in active growth, without any need for human intervention. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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