SoilConditioner, a soil conditioner, is a product made from agricultural water retention agents and natural peat or other organic substances rich in organic matter and humic acid as the main raw materials, supplemented by bioactive ingredients and nutrient elements. It is processed through scientific processes and has extremely significant soil conditioning properties such as water retention, fertilization, and breathability.
It can break soil compaction, loosen soil, improve soil permeability, reduce soil bulk density, promote soil microbial activity, and enhance soil fertility and water permeability; It has the functions of improving soil, controlling deserts, maintaining water and drought resistance, enhancing crop disease resistance, increasing crop yield, improving the quality of agricultural products, restoring the original ecology of crops, and significantly increasing the survival rate of tree planting and agricultural product yield; Improve the quality of agricultural and forestry products and restore their natural appearance.
Any material primarily used to improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil, making it more suitable for plant growth, rather than primarily providing plant nutrients, is called a soil conditioner. For example, applying lime to adjust the pH value of acidic soil, applying gypsum to suppress Na+, HCO3-, and CO32- ions in the soil, and applying beneficial microorganisms to improve soil biological activity. However, due to the large amount of materials used to improve Soil structure, it is customary to equate Soil structure modifier with soil conditioner.
There are many types of soil amendments: minerals, mainly peat, lignite, weathered coal, lime, gypsum, vermiculite, bentonite, zeolite, Perlite and sepiolite; Natural and Semisynthesis water-soluble polymers, mainly including straw, polysaccharide, cellulose, lignin and resin gum; Synthetic polymer compounds, mainly polyacrylic acid, vinyl acetate maleic acid and polyvinyl alcohol; Beneficial microbial preparations, etc.
Soil improvers are anionic and high molecular weight polyacrylamide polymers, which bind many small soil particles to form large, water stable aggregates. Widely used in preventing soil erosion, reducing soil moisture evaporation or excessive transpiration, saving irrigation water, and promoting healthy plant growth.