Not only pests and diseases prevent a normal harvest of vegetables and fruits. Often the weather interferes.
It’s good when everything is in moderation, but more often than not, gardens are either flooded by rain or dried out by the scorching sun during a drought.
We will tell you how to save your harvest from the scorching sun even during severe drought.
1. At such times, watering should be postponed until the evening and carried out closer to sunset. Watering during the day is useless anyway, because the water will evaporate faster than the plant will absorb it.
2. It is not the flowers and leaves of plants that indicate that watering is necessary. According to the rules, you need to focus on the condition of the soil.
3. It is also worth distinguishing plants by species. Some need more water, while others can, on the contrary, go for a long time without watering.
Frequent watering is required for cucumbers and zucchini, strawberries and other crops, the juiciness of which depends on the moisture content in the soil.
4. To avoid pouring water every day, you need to mulch the soil. This will reduce the heating of the soil and the moisture will evaporate more slowly.
Straw, hay, peat or tree bark work best in this regard.
At the same time, mulch protects the soil from weed germination.
