HortScience, Horticultural Science (USA), this journal is not very famous in the whole horticultural journal, and its impact factor is low, so it should be easier to compare with other journals (American Horticultural Journal, British Horticultural Journal). Under normal circumstances, the review will end in about 2 months. After that, if it is a minor repair, it will take about another month to know the news. If it needs to be overhauled and rechecked, it will take about 2 months. It will take another month to accept the final draft, and this publication is bimonthly, six times a year, so it will take some time to print and publish.
I have read the research content you mentioned, and the investment in HortScience meets the requirements of the soil management part, but there should be other publications, such as plant and siol or soil science.
In fact, as a graduate student, you should know which publications belong to your choice, because your usual literature reading gives you a general direction of research. In most cases, articles can be published, and the key is to find suitable publications. At the same time, when you are writing, you also need to quote relevant documents. Depending on the publications contained in these documents, you should also have a general target publication.
Usually, when you start writing an article, you should already have your own target publication, then write according to the article style and format of this publication, and then modify and try to contribute. Because it can be targeted!
For information about the specific preparation and delivery of hortscience, please refer to the introduction of its website:
http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/misc/ifora.dtl
When preparing a manuscript, carefully studying and strictly observing the mentioned format will make the manuscript easier to be accepted and faster.
Note that the publication of sci often fails in details, so be patient. At the same time, in the submitted version of the paper, there should be more comprehensive notes and related tips for the initial submission and preparation of the manuscript.