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... Read more自分も最初は「土壌=土?」くらいの感覚でした。でも畑を触ってみると、土壌は“土そのもの”だけじゃなくて、水・空気・微生物・有機物のバランスを含めた「作物が育つ環境」だと実感します。なので土壌環境とは、排水性や保水性だけでなく、根が呼吸できる通気性、病気の出やすさ、肥料が効く効かないまで含めた総合力のことだと思っています。 土壌の性質で特に意識したいのは、①排水性(雨のあとに水が引くか)②保水性(乾きすぎないか)③通気性(踏み固めで根が苦しくならないか)の3つ。ここが崩れると、肥料を入れても効きが悪かったり、根腐れや生育不良が出やすいです。自分は耕うん機でよく混ぜて、表面がカチカチにならないようにしています。 「肥沃(ひよく)」の意味は、ざっくり言うと“作物がよく育つ力がある土”。栄養が多いだけでなく、団粒構造(ふかふか)ができていて水と空気の通りが良い、微生物が働きやすい、という状態が近いです。ここで混同しやすいのが「有機」。有機とは、化学肥料ゼロという意味ではなく、堆肥や油かすなど由来が生物の資材を使う・土の中で分解されて効く、という文脈で使われがちです。即効性は弱めでも、土づくりには相性がいいと感じています。 野菜向けの堆肥おすすめは、用途で選ぶのが失敗しにくいです。例えば、畑のベース作りなら完熟の牛ふん堆肥(においが少ないもの)を薄く広く。葉物を急いで育てたいときは、堆肥よりも元肥(肥料)の設計を優先。にんじんみたいに根が分かれやすい作物は、未熟堆肥やごろごろした有機物を避けて、土を細かく仕上げるのがコツでした。くん炭は、軽くて通気性を上げやすいので「重い土」のときに少量混ぜると体感で扱いやすくなります。 鹿沼土とは、火山性の軽い用土で、通気性・排水性が高く、酸性寄りになりやすいのが特徴です。家庭菜園の畑に大量投入というより、プランターや育苗、酸性を好む植物の土づくりで出番が多い印象でした。 最後に、ヨーロッパゴールドが枯れた…みたいなときは、病気や肥料不足より先に「土壌環境」を疑うのが近道でした。水はけが悪い場所、逆に乾きすぎる場所、踏み固め、元肥の効きすぎ(塩類)など、原因が土側にあることも多いです。自分はまず排水と水やり間隔を見直して、必要なら土を入れ替えたり、堆肥は完熟を少量からにしています。

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