Peat for a kitchen garden – advantage and harm

For increase in productivity before planting plants, it is accepted to fertilize the soil. The topic concerning advantage and harm of peat for a kitchen garden is hot and also interests many as it is correct to use it. This option of organic fertilizing enjoys wide popularity, especially, if to consider its availability.

Peat thanks to the fact that the plants and organisms living on swamps and lakes perish is formed and biomass is formed. Every year layers of fertilizer are imposed at each other and as a result they are pressed as moisture level is increased, and here air is not enough.

For what peat in a kitchen garden is necessary?

Using this mineral fertilizer, it is possible to improve without special capital investments structure of the soil, and, therefore, and to increase productivity.

Than peat is useful to a kitchen garden:

1. The soil becomes easy and porous that allows it to pass better air and water to plant roots.
2. In combination with other organic fertilizers promotes food of poor and infertile soils.
3. It is a natural anti-septic tank which deletes pathogenic microflora, including dangerous bacteria and fungi.
4. The advantage of peat for a kitchen garden will help in case on the Earth's surface the crust is formed.
5. If at the soil the acidity is lowered, then correctly picked up type of peat is capable to normalize this indicator.
6. Helps to warm up quickly the soil and also it absorbs a lot of moisture and promotes a delay of useful substances.

Peat can do harm only if it is wrong to use low-quality fertilizers or to bring it in the earth. In that case it can suppress and slow down growth of plants, and in certain cases, even to promote their death.

How to choose peat for a kitchen garden?

Choose fertilizer depending on extent of decomposition, so allocate the following groups:

1. Low-lying peat. Extent of decomposition makes more than 40%. This fertilizer includes reed, green mosses, a horsetail and also different tree species. At low-lying peat acidity neutral therefore it as well as possible is suitable for earth fertilizer on a kitchen garden.
2. Transitional peat. Extent of decomposition of this option makes 25-40%. Includes such peat green and sphagnum a moss, a Labrador tea, a sedge and also other plants. Transitional peat is used for carrying out composting.
3. Riding peat. Extent of decomposition is minimum and it makes about 20%. The Supreme peat consists of white mosses, a Labrador tea and also other plants which are not exacting to food and water. It is impossible to bring this option of peat directly in the earth as it has high acidity. Riding peat should be processed certainly previously.

How to use peat on a kitchen garden?

Many make a mistake, just scattering fertilizer on beds in hope that next year it will be possible to receive a good harvest. Unfortunately, but it is necessary to experience disappointment as so quickly peat does not work. It is worth using peat in combination with other organic and mineral fertilizing, for example, with manure, kitchen waste, to excrements, etc. Such compost should be used in two years after its bookmark. You bring it in the soil, considering that 2-3 kg of compost have to fall on 1 sq.m.

It is possible to bring peat at all seasons of the year and the more you put fertilizers, the better. Do not worry as it is impossible to pereudobrit the soil peat. To neutralize acidity of peat, on 100 kg it is necessary to add 4-6 kg of lime. You should not fertilize the earth by method of continuous introduction.

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