Types of Soil and Plants They’re Most Compatible With
In concordance with an earlier post encouraging Nigerians to cultivate mini gardens in their homes, here we’ll talk about the different kinds of soils and the plants that best take them.
Before we carry on, it is the dear hope of this writer that
you, our reader, have actually begun to practice home gardening, or, even
better, small-scale farming. That’d be such a blast!
Moving on, below are types of soils, and our local plants
that they’re really compatible with:
CLAY SOIL; generally, crops with shallow roots such as
vegetables; leafy crops, rice paddies, fruit trees , etc would do well in clay soil due to its capacity for water retention and its nutrient-rich.
SANDY SOIL; As a rule, Sandy soil is not good for plants
although melon and coconut thrive in it. Also, with steady irrigation grain
crops such as maize, barley, and millets as well as root vegetables and
potatoes can successfully be grown in Sandy soil.
SILTY SOIL; If clay soil and Sandy soil met in the middle,
the result would silty be soil. It has neither excessive water retention nor a
total lack thereof. Crops such as corn, beans, squash, and most vegetables
would be at home in silty soil.
LOAMY SOIL; Loamy soil is a combination of clay, sand, and
silt, and is popularly acknowledged as the soil best suited to cultivation as
its composition allows crops to receive just the right amount of water, air,
and nutrients. Effectively, numerous crops will be well suited to loamy soil,
or loamy textured soil.
Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s get digging, and good
yield to all!
