The weather is becoming less and less pleasing to summer residents with its stability and predictability. Drought can be replaced by showers, daytime heat by nighttime cold snaps.
Therefore, gardeners should know how to protect seedlings from temperature changes or recurrent frosts.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to protect seedlings from frost.
Minimize the risk
Even if the seedlings do not freeze, the difference between night and day temperatures will definitely not benefit them due to stress.
Plants that are planted in open ground need to be protected first and foremost.
There are several options other than portable greenhouses that will help preserve the harvest.
Additional heating
1. Not the easiest, but quite effective way is to equip high beds.
The efficiency of the structure can be increased by watering them with warm water in advance and covering them with film or other material.
2. You can use coals (even in a grill) and smoke with the same success.
3. If summer residents are worried about the plantings in the greenhouse, then they can put containers with water here, which will heat up during the day and, at night, cool down, giving off heat.
If the seedlings are frozen
First, the plants are sprayed with warm water or a growth stimulator.
Then the seedlings are hidden under covering material for a day.
If the seedlings are healthy and strong, they will survive short-term temperature changes without complications.
Previously, we told you how to plant potatoes in a way that makes your life easier.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
