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Japanese to English translation and explanation of herb gardening vocabularies.
When growing herbs or any other plants in a foreign country, finding the right stuff becomes a serious problem. One reason is that most soils have different names from the Japanese ones. Also in our country where gardening is one of its tradition, there are so many varieties of soils sold at the nurseries. Foreigners who want to start gardening might become confused of which soil to buy.
For herbs, they have ready-made soils now, and they are not bad, but making soil of your own is always a fascination for herb lovers.
I have made a list of herb gardening products sold in Japan. Words are written in the Latin alphabet and in Japanese (for those who have pcs that don't read Japanese, the Japanese part will not appear properly).
Please e-mail me if there're other words you want me to add to this list.
SOIL
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Akadamatsuchi
Drainage: good
Info: Soil dug from Kanto loam. Even grained, redish soil. Available in three sizes, L, M, S. Akadama is very popular among herb lovers in Japan, that many people like to use it as a base when prepareing their own soil.
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Kanumatsuchi
Drainage: good
Info: Spoutings from Kanuma area. Has stable particle structure. Good for bottom soil. Acid
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Kudosekkai
Info: Quicklime. An alkalizer-a must when preparing soil for herbs in Japan since Japanese soil are mostly acid.
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Baiyoudo
Drainage: good
Info: Cultivated soil. Not usually ready for herbs. Add Akadamatsuchi and Quicklime before use.
Usually acid.
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Bahmikyuraito
Drainage: fast
Info: Vermiculite. Wear fertilizer well. Suitable to use when planting cuttings. Neutral to Alkali
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Pitomosu
Drainage: slow
Info: Peat moss. Wear both water and fertilizer well. Used as water keeper for basils and mints.
Acid
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Fuyoudo
Drainage: slow
Info: Leaf mold. Helps improve soil. Acid
FERTILIZER
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Aburakasu
Effect: moderate
Info: Oil cake. Organic fertilizer.
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Kaseihiryou
Effect: immediate or moderate
Info: Transformed fertilizer.
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Koppun
Effect: moderate
Info: Bone manure. Organic.
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Haiponekkusu
Effect: immediate to moderate
Info: Hyponex. Liquid fertilizer. Herb ones are now available at most
stores.
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Maguanpu K
Effect: immediate to moderate
Info: Maguamp K. Granular transformed fertilizer.