The invention relates to a method for preparing a desert
plant seedling raising substrate. According to the method, the
seedling raising substrate is prepared from sandy soil,
magnesium sulfate, thoroughly-decomposed
cow dung and a
water retention agent and is prepared through the steps of selecting the sandy soil with water permeability and
moisture retention, carrying out
salt content determination on the selected sandy soil so as to obtain the content of
magnesium sulfate in the sandy soil, determining the added amount of desulfurization
magnesium slag according to the content of magnesium
sulfate in the sandy soil, adding the thoroughly-decomposed
cow dung into the sandy soil, uniformly stirring and mixing, adding the high-hygroscopicity
water retention agent, and uniformly stirring and mixing, thereby obtaining the desert
plant seedling raising substrate. The method has the advantages that the
moisture absorption and
water retention properties of desulfurization magnesium
slag are utilized, so that the
moisture content of the seedling raising substrate is increased, the seedling emergence rate and
survival rate of seedlings are increased, the seedling emergence cycle is shortened, and the quality of the seedlings is improved; through carrying out seedling raising by using the seedling raising substrate prepared by the method provided by the invention, the seedling emergence rate can reach 95%, the
survival rate can reach 90%, the seedling raising is not subjected to seasonal restrictions, and the seedlings can be supplied all the year, so that the method has an important practical significance in the large-scale production of desert
plant seedlings and the restoration and reconstruction of
vegetation in desert
vegetation damaged areas.