Plantas y Flores: Plants and flowers: Caring for plants in the summer house

Caring for plants in the summer house

The months of heat tested the resistance of plants terrace or balcony. High temperatures and stifling atmosphere of the city will cause casualties among them but, curiously, in most cases will be due to excessive moisture. And you need to know that the excess water is much more damaging to plants that thirst, and that impoverishes the soil, causing illness and eventually wither.

Cleaning Plant
Equally important is like watering the plants to keep free of leaves and dried flowers, which will continue to absorb water and slow down the development of healthy parts. Also, dust and dirt does not stop breathing. It is possible sprayed with soapy water after clarifying abundantly. In addition, this method remain close to parasites.

Water surplus
The water pots drag remove much of the nutrients the plant needs to live, why waste it is not desirable. You can put dishes or bowls beneath the pots to collect water and with it the rest of plants.

If you travel
It is a mistake to leave the plants in the bathtub with water when it comes to holidays: the earth is water logged and root rot. An old trick is to place them around with a bucket of water that draws some thick cords that were buried in each pot. The cords lead water bucket (capillarity) to the pot according to their needs.

Water: how and how much
Irrigation should assume the necessary input for each plant: no more, no less. The exact dosage is their successful development. The characteristics of land and the plant will determine the volume of contributions.

The sandy soils barely retain water, which must calculate the dose before watering. The clay, however, is ponding much earlier and may give the impression that saturation without water reaches the root zone. While it is always best to water at dusk, (to avoid evaporation immediate), in the autumn and winter can be done in the morning, directly under the plant, with a tube or funnel.

In the early days of spring sun is better to add water to dish the pot, the roots to absorb the damage and no outbreaks. Even in the days of sun, land plants can maintain good moisture levels in its interior, which should be verified by introducing a stick and checking that leaves soaked.