Hello Friends!
In Today’s episode we will look into 10 useful tips on – How to Take Care of your
plants in Summer season, to keep your plants happy and healthy in soaring temperatures
in these months.
Always remember this trending line “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”!
Summer season has started in most tropical countries and the temperatures are gradually
soaring.
For those who are beginners in gardening or planning to start gardening, Trust me, it's
a great hobby, fun, and really satisfying!
And also it’s not that difficult.
It’s just gaining some basic knowledge and applying some common sense.
Well, It's not just humans who suffer from the heat of summer, plants too need proper
hydration and care.
You cannot SWITCH OFF the sunlight – its not in your hands.
Infact with some precautions and following some simple tips, this season can be really
good for your plants.
So, here are some quick and useful tips one by one to keep your plants healthy and blooming
this summer.
1.Watering: In Summer you need to water your plants more,
than you normally do.
Keep it a rule to keep the soil moist at all times of the day.
If your potting soil is sandy and very well draining you must water atleast once a day.
During summer water the plants during early morning or just after sunset, to avoid evaporation
of the water.
Most outdoor plants kept in sun dry out at the end of the day.
Hence daily watering is the general rule except for succulents.
You can water your succulents and cacti on alternate days or at least weekly twice in
summer.
2.Humidity: You can cover the top layer of the soil by
mulching with material containing some wooden pieces, twigs, dead plant leaves, newspaper
or even mulching sheets if you have.
Mulching will help retain the moisture of the soil.
Mulching means applying some material on the top surface of the soil to prevent water evaporation
and many other benefits.
You can watch related detailed videos from links in description.
Another simple way to increase humidity is to make a Humidity Tray by using Small pebbles
installed in a large tray surrounding the plant and pour some water in the tray.
This really helps to maintain humidity levels around the plant.
3.CLUSTERING of PLANTS: You can keep Potted plants in clusters close
to each other.
This way, they will face less sun may be from one side only or smaller plants may get some
shade from a larger plant and this will also increase humidity levels.
4.PRUNING: Pruning or trimming of plants should be done
to remove unnecessary or bad foliage and branches.
This will avoid excess loss of water through transpiration and also conserve plants energy
for a healthier new growth.
5.
FERTILIZERS: The summer season is the growth period of
most plants starting from spring and the plant soil should be provided with more fertilizer
in summer to sustain this high growth rate and extra energy requirement after the dormant
winter season.
Apply manures like decomposed cow dung, bone meal, vermicompost and oil cakes like mustard
and neem cakes or any type of fertilizers recommended for a plant, atleast once in two
weeks.
You can also make a cocktail fertilizer mixture for ease of application and save time.
You can watch a detailed episode on this cocktail mix from a link in description.
6.De-WEEDING: All kinds of weeds should be rooted out of
the plant soil, so that the nutrients and water meant for your plants are not used up
by weeds.
7.SUNLIGHT: The morning sun is best for potted fruits,
flowers and vegetables.
Try relocating your plants to receive maximum morning sunlight and avoid the strong noon
sun.
You can consider installing shade nets or green nets with atleast 50 percent filtering
factor.
This even protects the plants from the harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Detailed video on this is linked in description below.
8.
Misting the plants: To keep it humid and fresh, misting frequently
with water can really help the plants.
This will also make the leaves clean and shine.
You can also wipe the leaves with a soft cloth to promote photosynthesis if you have limited
number of plants.
9.PEST CONTROL: This is really important, you cannot afford
to loose this growing season by allowing pests to hamper the growth of your plants.
Do rigorous pest control organically wherever applicable by spraying neem oil once in a
week or atleast once in 15 days.
10.Few Quick Additional tips like:
a.Do not place your plants near AC units - this can damage your plants.
b.If you can arrange, Keep a swinging fan running for good air circulation.
In summer, many well maintained nurseries have lots of fans constantly running in day
time with even automated fine misting units.
c.Installing Drip irrigation system is also a very useful idea to save lot of your time.
It’s not really difficult and also not at all expensive and can be easily installed
by yourself.
You can watch a detailed episode on how to install drip irrigation for you home or terrace
garden from this end screen link circled right here.
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