Collection: Soil Conditioners
What are Soil Conditioners?
Materials added to soil to improve its structure, drainage, aeration, and water-holding capacity (different from fertilisers, which mainly feed plants).
Common organic types: compost, well-rotted manure, leaf mould, worm castings, biochar, coconut coir.
Why use them?
- Break up clay or lighten sandy soils
- Hold more water and reduce watering needs
- Improve aeration and root growth
- Feed soil life (worms & microbes)
- Improves flavour & nutrition – crops grown in rich, living soil usually taste better and have hi
Suppresses diseases & pests – healthier, balanced soil makes plants less susceptible to root rot, blight, clubroot, etc.; some materials (compost, biochar) directly suppress soil-borne pathogens.
