Guide to soil conditioner - How to improve the soil in your garden.

Soil conditioner of good quality is your path to a beautiful garden in full bloom. As a basic rule, your plants need nutrients over time to develop in the right direction. Our soil conditioner is a 100% organic natural product with lots of good nutrients. It is a product anyone can use, because it is very easy to work with. All you need to do is spread a layer depending on the nutrient requirement (normally approx. 5 cm), and then all the good nutrients reach the roots of your plants with the rainwater. This fantastic product is therefore a really good shortcut to a beautiful garden.
You will quickly see a marked difference in your plants, hedge, trees or shrubs, and you will see how well your garden thrives. Nothing is more beautiful than a garden in full bloom, and for many years we have worked on making it easy to have a beautiful garden.

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Soil conditioner and why it is important

Our soil conditioner is mainly made from natural manure that has been granulated and heat-treated. Straw and lime are added in the process, and you can easily feel the fertilising effect just by touching the product. It is a good natural product that is extremely environmentally friendly.

It is a great advantage to use this soil conditioner, as your plants need the nutrients that the soil conditioner naturally provides. You will quickly begin to see the result, and your plants will soon thrive beautifully to the delight of their surroundings.

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When is soil conditioner necessary?

What we would very much like to avoid is poor soil quality. Far too many products have poor quality control, and it is more down to chance and luck if our gardens become beautiful with poor soil. Life is too short for that, and we are ready to guide you so you get fantastic soil with strict quality control.

You should consider adding soil conditioner to your garden in spring (March – early June) and again in autumn (September – early December). It is during these periods that your plants need the soil conditioner, and it is during these periods that you really get the effect of it. Many of our good customers, who care a great deal about their gardens and beds, typically start spreading soil conditioner around mid-March. That is normally a good time if the weather is not too bad, and it gives their plants a perfect start to spring.

Normally it is enough to improve your soil once a year, but you can always add a little extra during the year without any problems if you want to give your plants a little extra. When we deliver soil conditioner, it comes in a maxibag / bulk bag, and if you do not use it all the first time, the soil conditioner will easily keep all year. You can then use it from the maxibag as you wish.

Soil conditioner for clay soil

Clay soil really needs a good soil conditioner. Clay soil is heavy soil that is often not easy to plant and work in, and rainwater can have difficulty penetrating the heavy clay. The soil conditioner gives the clay soil a much better structure and adds a nutritious lightness. A fantastic product for this soil type – almost indispensable if you want great success with your plants in clay soil.

It is very easy to add our soil conditioner to your clay soil. Spread the soil conditioner in a layer of approx. 7-9 cm and then work it into the clay soil. Most people use a garden rotavator or cultivator for this, and if you want an even lighter soil structure, simply add a little extra soil conditioner. When this is done, you can plant directly in the mixed soil.

Soil conditioner to improve a hedge

We all want a beautiful green hedge with leaves all the way from the bottom of the hedge to the top. However, this requires good plants and healthy soil. If these conditions are met, you are well on your way, and the only "danger" is if we have a summer with severe drought. Then it is important to water often so the hedge does not die.

It is really easy to give your hedge healthy, natural nutrients with our soil conditioner. Simply add the soil conditioner on top of the soil along your hedge. Normally you start right next to the hedge stems and go approx. 15-20 cm out. Spread the product in a layer approx. 5 cm thick, and nature and the soil conditioner will do the rest for your hedge – usually to the great delight of all of us garden lovers.

The nutrients naturally soak down with the rainwater to the roots of the hedging plants, and the hedge can take up nutrients as needed.

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After using soil conditioner

You can expect a quick and effective result after using our soil conditioner. Plants will quickly begin to take up the good natural nutrients, and the result will soon show.

It is so simple and easy to use this soil conditioner, and it gives your plants a fantastic result quickly.

Another fantastic quality of the soil conditioner is that it suppresses weeds. When the soil conditioner lies as a top layer, weeds find it hard to settle and grow in the rich soil conditioner. That really is a win-win!

We wish you the best of luck with the soil conditioner and a really good gardening year.