Plants take about 20 times of food items from the soil. Since this potting mix will be made without soil, great care must be taken to ensure that the plants get the same amount of food and nutrients from it. For this you have to mix some organic fertilizer in this soilless potting mix ingredients can certainly be gathered very easily. In everyday life, the things that are discarded can be collected from them. This Soilless potting mix will be made in a completely organic way all kinds of plants can be planted in it.
Making of Soilless Potting Mix
The main ingredients of the soilless potting mix are vermicompost and Coco Peat. Take
- Vermicompost full in 12 inches size in 1 clay tub and
- Cocopeat full in 12 inches size in 2 clay tubs
Vermicompost
Earthworms of a particular kind are used to create vermicompost. After digesting waste materials, aged dung, and straw, earthworms excrete their feces, which are then fertilized by a combination of their bodies and produced chemicals. Comparing vermicompost to other composts, it is far more fertile.
The vital elements for plants, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, boron, and sulfur, are all present in vermicompost. Vermicompost raises the water-holding capacity of soil by controlling its pH. The crop gets higher quality in addition to producing more.
Cocopeat
Like vermicompost, cocopeat is also a completely organic material. Cocopeat not only make the clay soil crumbly but also improve the soil’s ability to hold water and oxygen. The roots of the tree grow fast. The natural minerals contained in cocopeat play a special role in making food for plants and activating beneficial microorganisms.
Cow Dung Compost
Take a sand half portion of the 12-inch full clay tub along with cow dung compost 500 grams or kitchen compost 500 grams. Both cow dung manner and kitchen compost contains nitrogen. Nitrogen is needed for plant growth. They increases the number of beneficial germs in the soil. Compost can provide almost all the nutrients to the plants.
kitchen Compost
If kitchen compost is not available, leaf compost can also be taken. When there is no kitchen or leaf compost, 1kg of dung manner should be taken.
Wood Ash
Then Wood ash of 500 gms should be mixed. Potassium can be found in wood ash. Potassium is very important for both fruit and flowering plants. Ripe banana peel powder can be used instead of wood ash. Besides Banana peel contains potassium, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium. Please these two cannot be given together.
Egg Shell
Eggshell dust 250 grams and banana peel dust 250 grams can be mixed. Raw egg shell should be well washed, dried, and powdered in a blender. Then it will mix with the soil quickly.
In addition to calcium, egg shells are a good source of phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, and manganese. Blooms, stems, and tree roots all grow with the assistance of egg shells.
Dried Used Tea Leaves
Dried tea leaves 500 grams should be given. This organic leaves are very useful for tub trees or container trees. Not only It increase soil fertility but also it helps to retain water while increasing the amount of Nitrogen in the soil.
Neem khol
Neem khol 250 grams should be mixed. This is an organic NPK and pesticide. In addition to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, it contains manganese, iron, copper, sulfur zinc, etc. In conclusion Neem khol keeps the tree free from both disease and insects.
Sea Weed Granules
Add two handfuls of seaweed granules along with other elements like manganese and NPK, it contains amino acids.
Fungicide Trichoderma
For Fungicide Trichoderma one handful should be added. This Fungicide kills soil-borne germs, fungi, bacteria, and nematodes. Trichoderma is a microorganism collected from nature, that biologically suppresses plant disease, increases soil fertility, and reduces the use of chemical fertilizers.
In the end, all ingredients should be mixed well. Then it will create well soilless potting mix. No seasonal small seedlings can be planted in this Soilless media. Because this media is so fertile, it can kill small seedlings. For a small seedling, an equal amount of vermicompost and Coco Peat should be mixed with a small amount of neem khol and fungicide. This rich potting mix can be used when the seedlings are 1 month old. If you plant a tree with this potting mix, you don’t have to give any food to the tree of 2 and a half months old.
