The ultimate harvest of your custom vegetable patch depends to a large extent on the weather conditions throughout the year. However, you can also consciously promote the growth of your vegetable plants by using the right substrate. You can find out which soil is most suitable on this page.
In many cases, compost enriches the garden soil
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. It usually has a coarse-grained consistency to give the plant enough support. Many types of vegetables are satisfied with a neutral soil with a pH value of 6-7. It should never drop below 5.
compost
Compost soil is available from your recycling center. With a bit of luck, the special substrate will even be given away there. This soil is free of peat, which the vegetables particularly like. You also contribute a lot to environmental protection by using regional compost, as it is a recycled product.
coconut soil
Coconut soil is characterized by its moisture-retaining properties. It is usually offered in the form of a briquette, which you can store to save space and only have to dissolve in water before use.
Note: If you grow your vegetable plants yourself from seedlings, you should first use potting soil. This contains fewer nutrients that would damage the young plants in the early stages.
Create a vegetable patch
Prepare the ground
Vegetable plants need loose soil for healthy growth and root formation. After you have thoroughly cleared your bed of weeds, you must therefore dig the soil deeply before planting the cuttings in the ground.
Is fertilizer required?
If you use special soil or compost, your vegetables will already have all the nutrients they need. However, you should enrich conventional topsoil. Rely on organic substances for this purpose. For example:
- bark mulch
- compost
- horn shavings
- or lime
tips
An annual rotation of crops prevents the bed from being deprived of valuable nutrients.