Here is how you can keep your plants alive through the triple digit heat without breaking SAWS' stage three watering restrictions.
Everything got so lush outside, but now the triple digits are back with little rain in sight in the seven-day forecast.We have about a month-and-a-half left of the intense heat, so this is how you are going to keep your plants alive through it.which we are currently in. But to make your hand watering actually count, either water early in the morning before 10 a.m. or late at night after 7 p.m.
Full sun plants water every two to three days. Those in the shade get watered once a week to maybe twice a week, if it’s been very hot. This was not the case last year. At this time last year, we had already experienced close to 50 days of triple-digit temperatures. This year, we have had less than twenty so far, as of this article.
When hand watering, water deeply pointing the nozzle at the roots for 20-30 seconds on each plant, until it forms a good puddle around it. Also listen to your plants. For example some Peggy Martin Rose bushes are turning yellow and losing leaves because of the heat, so these need a good soak. So once a week let the hose run on the roots for two-five minutes to let the water get deep into the ground.
As for your non-native grasses, like your lawns of Bermuda or St. Augustine, no matter the amount of hand watering you do, with this heat it’s a losing battle.Sarah Acosta is a weekend Good Morning San Antonio anchor and a general assignments reporter at KSAT12. She joined the news team in April 2018 as a morning reporter for GMSA and is a native South Texan.
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