Summers pose a lot of difficult questions, at least a far as your gardens and lawns are concerned. Do you take the headache to treat your garden with the care it needs for the summer time? How do you manage those drying buds and flowers? Is it really worthwhile attempting to maintain your garden during the sweltering summers yourself? Forget worthwhile, is it even possible for you to do that, with limited expertise in the field? Let this article be an answer to most, if not all, of the above mentioned puzzles. Here is all that is well within your capability set, and guaranteed to help you sail your garden through the testing summers with dashing colors.
Budding plants need special care; only you can do that
You’ll have to agree to the fact that not many sights are as depressing as that of a bright and happy flower that you saw growing from a seed fall off in tatters one fine morning. Summers bring this torment to soft and sensitive flowers like camellia, and many other that enter the budding phase in summers. To not let this happen to those cute and cuddly buds in your garden; take upon yourself the responsibility of mulching and watering the plants at least once a week.
Plants and trees need their extra dosage of nutrients during summers
Watering your garden in the summers can be a real toil, but then there’s no way out. Even if you do it less often, do it seriously and water your plants deeply. Also, make it a garden care session rather than just a watering exercise. Complement the watering efforts with mineral feeding as well. Also use soluble fertilizers in your garden to keep the diet intake of the plants up to the mark. If you have citrus, lychee or banana trees in your garden, use potash fertilizers in summers.
Keep an eye out for mildew, and avoid it by playing smart
You can avoid so many troubles be deciding to wake up half an hour earlier than usual in the morning, and watering your roses and melons. However, if you have to do it in the afternoon, don’t delay, as if you don’t give enough time for the foliage to dry off before the sun sets, then fungi and mildew can attack your garden. If you intend to make your landscape lively with the vibrant shades of roses and pumpkins, then here’s a tip that can work wonders. Just mix cow milk and water in ratio 1:10, and spray on the plants once every week.
Potted plants need their shade, and they depend on you for that
There’s every chance that your garden has a few potted plants. Understand that these plants have a really tough time fending off the unforgiving heat of summers. Overheating can occur without a moment’s notice, and your beautiful potted delights would never be the same again once that happens. The idea of keeping these plants in water saucers is bound to strike your mind. It should work, but it will cause rotting of the plant root, and will also double up as a factory of mosquitoes. Instead, keep these plants in sand willed saucers, and then water the sand. Not only will this keep the root cool, but will also complement the health of your plants.
Your plants will beam in full bloom throughout the summer if you can take proper care, and the tips discussed in this article are potent enough to help you do just that.