Growing flowers in summer heat: these points to keep in mind

It's that hottest time of the year again. The scorching sun and high temperatures make people want to crowd into cool places and long for a refreshing spell of wind and rain the very next second.

In this kind of weather, flower lovers can't help worrying about their flowers and plants.

This time let's sort through it together:

These simple care steps can let the flowers at home get through the scorching summer more comfortably and stay in better condition.

Cooling down

Just like people, high summer heat is what flowers fear most. Even the most sun-tolerant cactus cannot endure continuous sun and high temperatures.

The following methods can be used to cool things down:

1. For flowers on the balcony, shade netting gives the most noticeable effect.

The advantage of shade netting is that it blocks sunlight over the whole area, can lower the temperature of the entire balcony area, and provides plants with fairly professional cooling protection.

In addition, shade netting has another benefit: it can block wind and rain, preventing flowers from being battered when strong winds and heavy rain hit.

Shade netting is sold in many places online, with prices ranging from a few yuan to several dozen yuan. The material types also vary; flower lovers generally use the knitted kind more often, as it is durable. As for color, if you want a stronger shading effect, you can choose a dark color; try not to choose black, as it affects photosynthesis.

2. Sprinkle water on the ground near the flower pots. You can also spray the leaves moderately.

This method is simple and practical: it can both lower the temperature around the flower pots and increase air humidity.

Some flower lovers are unwilling to sprinkle water on the ground because water stains end up everywhere and are very inconvenient to clean up.

Here is a little trick: lay a piece of artificial turf mat under the flower pots. It can retain a small amount of water while not making water stains go everywhere.

When buying, pay attention to choosing the kind that does not leak water underneath.

3. Be careful to maintain ventilation.

In summer weather, heat is not the most uncomfortable part; stuffy heat is. At this time, ventilation becomes even more important.

Opening the windows appropriately and maintaining good ventilation can not only adjust the temperature suitably, but also better maintain the carbon dioxide the plants need, as well as the oxygen the soil needs.

4. If you have a lot of flowers at home, keeping them together for care also has a cooling effect.

Many flower lovers do not know this method, but everyone must have had this experience: approaching a large number of potted plants gives a relatively cool feeling.

If you have climbing plants at home, even better: together with them, the other green plants are like they have a small sun umbrella.

Watering

When watering flowers in summer, you need to be most careful; both the timing and the method affect how the flowers look.

1. Watering at 3 p.m. is the biggest taboo.

Summer noon is too hot, and leaf transpiration speeds up as the temperature rises. If you water at this time, the temperature of the soil and roots drops under the effect of the water, absorption slows down, the system's balance of supply and demand is broken, and the leaves are quickly affected.

Some flower lovers ask: why 3 o'clock and not 12 o'clock?

Because 12 o'clock is not the hottest time of the day. At 12 o'clock the sunlight is strongest, but the time when the ground reaches its highest temperature after absorbing heat is around 3 o'clock, and the same goes for the soil in pots under the sun.

Reference times for watering flowers in summer:

6:00-12:00 suitable;

19:00-21:00 suitable;

14:00-17:00 most harmful.

2. Water moderately in summer.

Most people think that since summer temperatures are high and evaporation is fast, you must water more so the plants have enough water.

The reasoning is not wrong, but you must grasp the degree, remember to loosen the soil, and do a good job of drainage.

The basic principle is still to keep to "water only after it dries out, and when you water, water thoroughly."

In addition, you should still follow the principle of "treat different flowers differently":

Wet-loving types and herbaceous types: water moderately more;

Drought-loving types and woody types: water less;

Water more during the growing season, less during the dormant season.

3. Try to avoid letting flowers get rained on.

Summer is also a rainy season. When cool rain comes, many flower lovers leave their pots out in the rain. This is not a good habit.

Because when it rains the temperature drops sharply, while the soil temperature in the flower pots is still high. Rainwater is generally much lower in temperature. At this time, using rainwater to directly water flowers is just as harmful as watering at the hottest time.

Fertilizing

Fertilizing flowers depends on their growth condition: during the peak growing season, more fertilizer is needed; during the dormant period, no fertilizer is needed.

When fertilizing in summer, you must pay attention to"weak fertilizer, applied often"。

The best time to fertilize in summer is at the evening watering time.

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