SOIL AMENDMENTS IN URBAN HORTICULTURE: CURRENT AWARENES AND ADOPTION TRENDS

Аннотация

INTRODUCTION Urban horticulture has emerged as a pivotal Despite the recognized benefits of soil component in enhancing the sustainability and amendments, there remains a significant variation livability of urban environments. As cities expand in their awareness and adoption among urban and green spaces become increasingly valuable, gardeners. Factors influencing this variation urban gardening offers a means to improve air include the availability of information, perceived quality, provide fresh produce, and foster benefits, cost considerations, and practical community engagement. However, the success of application challenges. This study aims to urban horticulture hinges on effective soil investigate the current state of awareness and management, with soil amendments playing a adoption of soil amendments within the urban crucial role in enhancing soil fertility, structure, horticultural community. By examining these and overall plant health. Soil amendments, such as trends, the research seeks to identify gaps in compost, vermiculite, and biochar, are materials knowledge and practice, and to provide added to the soil to improve its physical properties recommendations for enhancing the use of soil and nutrient content, addressing common urban amendments in urban settings. Understanding soil challenges such as poor drainage and low these dynamics is essential for developing targeted fertility. educational initiatives and support systems that https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajhfr 5 THE USA JOURNALS THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE RESEARCH (ISSN – 2689-0976) VOLUME 06 ISSUE09 can facilitate better soil management practices, overview of awareness and adoption trends, while ultimately contributing to more successful and the interviews provided context and deeper sustainable urban gardening efforts. insights into individual experiences and challenges. The combined analysis enabled the identification of