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Why the beginning of October is not the best time to cover the garden and flowerbed: a common mistake of summer residents
01.10.2024 05:20
Many summer residents are in too much of a hurry to cover flowers and garden crops.
Some owners of country houses perform this action already at the end of September or the beginning of October.
They reason something like this: “The sooner you protect plants from frost, the better.”
In fact, this approach not only does not help the flora, but actually harms them.
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh explained why a garden and flowerbed should not be covered too early.
Why is it dangerous to cover your garden and flowerbed early?
If the procedure is performed before the onset of severe cold weather, the natural preparation of plants for worsening weather conditions will be disrupted.
Flowers and garden crops will face the following problems: lack of natural color, high humidity.
As a result, the gardener, wanting to protect the plant, will cause them serious harm.
When to start covering plants
It is worth starting measures to protect flora representatives from the upcoming frosts only when the daytime air temperature approaches 0 degrees.
And at night the temperature should be below this mark.
