Hot weather certainly has its advantages, but now is not about them – we suggest talking about how to protect indoor plants from the harmful effects of high temperatures..
Perhaps the most important thing that flowers need on hot days is water. At the same time, according to the expert of the online publication ‘BelNovosti’, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, they need to be watered at a certain time and in the right amount..
So, if you take the watering can in your hands in the evenings, the water will penetrate deeper into the soil, which means that the plant will have time to absorb the life-giving moisture. The downside is that the flowers may get sick due to the moisture in the leaves.
In the morning, the leaves will dry faster, but the water will not penetrate deep enough into the soil to nourish all the roots.
What to do
In hot weather, it is best to water the plants early in the evening – this way they will have the whole night to absorb the moisture, and enough time to dry out.
If you prefer to water in the morning, do it before sunrise.
When watering, make sure that all layers of soil in the root zone have become moist. The harm of regular but light watering is that the root system of the plant becomes superficial, and the flower itself becomes less resistant to drought.
Another important point: after watering, make sure that a dense crust has not formed on the surface of the soil. To avoid this, you can mulch the flowers using, for example, wood chips.
How to understand that the flower has enough water
It’s simple – if the plant does not wither, then most likely it has enough water.
