Which floor is ideal?

Suitable substrates

Various substrates have proven themselves for growing vegetables:

• Special earth
• compost
• Coconut soil

Special earth

Special soil is precisely tailored to the requirements of the respective vegetable variety. Mostly it has a coarse-grained consistency to give the plant enough hold. Many vegetable varieties are satisfied with a neutral soil with a pH value of 6-7. It should never drop below 5.

compost

Compost earth is available from your recycling center. With a little luck, the special substrate will even be given away there. This soil is free from peat, which the vegetables particularly like. In addition, by using regional compost you are contributing a lot to environmental protection, as it is a recycling product.

Coconut soil

Coconut soil is characterized by its moisture-retaining property. It is usually offered in the form of a briquette, which you can store to save space and only need to dissolve in water before use.

Note: If you are growing your vegetable plants yourself from seedlings, you should first Potting soil To fall back on. This contains fewer nutrients that would be more harmful to the young plants in the early stages.

Create a vegetable patch

Prepare the soil

Vegetable plants need loose soil for healthy growth and root formation. Therefore, after you have thoroughly cleared your bed of weeds, you must dig the soil deeply before you plant the cuttings in the ground.

Do you need fertilizer?

If you use special soil or compost, your vegetables are already supplied with all the nutrients they need. Usual Topsoil however, you should enrich. To do this, make use of organic substances. For example:

• Bark mulch
• compost
• Horn shavings
• or lime