It’s the second half of summer. The sun is hot, the air is hot, and everything is hot. These prolonged hot days are very stressful for plants to endure, especially if they are younger and working on getting established in our gardens. A heat wave will disrupt your normal gardening routine, so it is important to be adaptive and intentional to help your plants survive the upcoming heat. The general concept during these hot stretches is to avoid adding more stress to your plants. We want our plants to use all their available energy to survive the intense heat.
Don’t Fertilize
Adding nitrogen will push out new leafy growth, and adding phosphorus will push out flowers. This can exhaust plants, causing them to spend energy making new leaves or flowers and to spend more energy trying to sustain the new growth…