How to Help Plants Cope with Hot Temperatures
June 12th, 2011
Plants become stressed during hot weather, too. Here are tips for limiting their agony:
- Water in the late evening – after sunset if possible
- Apply water the base of the plants at the soil level
- Don’t fertilize when the plants are stressed
- Shredded bark mulch for woody shrubs and trees will keep them cooler
- Use aged compost or aged manure mix as mulch for perennials
- If you can’t water (due to restrictions), get your garden hoe out and turn the soil around the plants.
- Clip out any dead or broken limbs
- Deadhead just as quickly as the blooms die so the plant doesn’t have to force energy into it
- Have a plant that is extremely sensitive to the heat – construct a canopy over the plant with light cloth and stakes to limit the suns rays
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