Afterwards it rains more than usual since Septembergardeners might disagree that horticulturally zax it’s raining spread out fairly evenly throughout the year. It rains every three days on average, although long dry spells are common. The northern and western areas receive more rainfall in total than the southern and eastern regions. Rain peaks in winter in some areas, but in the central and southern areas summer storms it can mean the summer is equally humid.
Most of the summer rain evaporates before it arrives plant roots, while plants need more water in hot and bright weather. Very little water is used by plants in winter.
In the summer, the plants use the moisture stored in the soil winter – but this can be low at the end of summer which leads to stressed plants. Fall rains recharge soils until the excess rain flows into streams and rivers or seeps deep into aquifers.
Summer watering can compensate for the drop in soil moisture – but it is hard work and can be prohibited in prolonged dry periods during pipe bans. Falling precipitation, especially in the summer below climate change, means in the long run, The water supply will be increasingly unable to meet the demand. Watering gardens will become much less feasible.
Growing plants that can over drought stress it is the simplest way to avoid it. Trees and shrubs they often have deep roots that can scavenge enough water to keep going, although some trees shed their leaves prematurely. Clay soils in particular favor trees and shrubs, but some trees suffer from diseases if there is too much water. Planting these on the hills helps to keep the base of the trunk dry and less disease. In any case, the winter water is much less harmful than in the summer, when the roots of the plants are no longer dormant.
Water bottles dry up quickly in the summer, unless they are collected by summer storms. This is quite common, but so are prolonged hot dry and there are only so many bottles of water that can be inserted in a garden. Drought resistant plants are a better choice.
Mediterranean plants – rosemary and ceanothus for example – are very tolerant of well-drained dry summer soils, but tolerate wet winters. However, the bay, the lavender and the phlomis are quite tolerant of wet soils in winter, so they are particularly useful.
Adding organic matter such as rotted manure, leaf litter or garden compost to the soil where it was dug or – probably better – added as mulch, improves the soil’s ability to retain moisture. Typically, two weeks worth of extra water is retained which can be significant.
At the moment however, as in most winters, draining the surplus water is pressing. Porous soil drainage pipes are buried, but the installation of these meetings in the garden and most gardens lack a convenient pit or a stream to take the drainage water. It is forbidden to let drainage water enter sewers or storm drains.
Raised beds are ideal for growing vegetable crops that provide well-drained soil. Similarly, planting hills for trees and shrubs prevents a lot of water. But also consider the plants known to tolerate the wet winter: corn, Cornus alba, C. stolonifera and Siberian iris (Iris siberica) are remarkably tolerant.
However wetlands, especially those of clay, they could not be functional until the spring, the surplus water can be used well in temporary ponds at the lowest point in the garden. The water collected here will drain over time. Summer storms can also fill these gardens with rain, preventing damaging flooding. Some plants can tolerate brief summer floods; dogwood, elderberry (Sambucus nigra), daylilies (Hemerocallis), Siberian iris and the herbs Calamagrostis and Miscanthus.
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