Experimental Study on Planting Soil Preparation by Improving River & Lake Silt with Plant Wastes
The physicochemical properties of river & lake silt are complex, and whether it can be directly used as planting soil is worth studying. The calliopsis pot experiment is carried out with planting soil prepared by amendment material, i.e. the organic matrix which is made by fermentation of high-nutrient sludge of a river in Nanjing, the dry excavating sludge in a lake and its flocculated and dewatered sludge together with plant wastes such as wood chips, to study the effects of different types of amendment materials and compounding ratio on plant growth. The results showed that the basic properties and fertility index of the planting soil could be adjusted directionally by adding wood chips or matrix. The overall growth of calliopsis in the planting soil formed by the high-nutrient silt in a river and its compound is the best, but some of the fertility indexes of the planting soil are too high and need to be further adjusted before use; the growth of calliopsis in the improved soil made of dry-excavation silt in a lake is better than that in the original silt, such situation is positively correlated with the amount of improved materials mixed; the difference between the growth of calliopsis in the flocculated silt in a lake and that in its improved planting soil is not significant, but some of the fertility indexes are higher than the standard indexes, and such silt can be slightly adjusted and improved into the planting soil. The field cultivation experiment study of calliopsis is carried out with the dry-excavation silt in a lake mixed with 4% wood chips and the original loess soil in the experimental field, and the growth of calliopsis planted in the dry-excavation silt in a lake is better compared with that of calliopsis planted in original loess soil. The research results can provide ideas and basis for the study on improving river & lake silt into planting soil with plant wastes.