Tips/Advice/Techniques for Improving Heat Resistance

[NietzscheKeen]

Planting in an area that will be shaded during the hottest part of the day.
Frequent, but not excessive watering.
Silica supplements such as Rhino Skin.
I've heard of these ideas for increasing your plants heat resistance. Does anyone have any other ideas they'd be willing to contribute?

 

[stonerman]

frequent but not excessive watering is almost the right idea. To make plants develop a better heat resistance, when watering plants that are planted in the ground, More water less often is better then less water every day. The reason behind this is that doing this is when you water more less often, the water goes deep in the ground, and the roots follow the water deep into the ground, as opposed to watering every day, the plants roots instead will spread out along the top of the soil, and in drought or high heat conditions, the top of the soil drys out first. With a plants roots deep in the ground, it can withstand dry spells much better. And I guess one more tip would be to use mulch, it helps the moisture stay in the soil longer, rather then being evaporated by the sun every sunny day.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

frequent but not excessive watering is almost the right idea. To make plants develop a better heat resistance, when watering plants that are planted in the ground, More water less often is better then less water every day. The reason behind this is that doing this is when you water more less often, the water goes deep in the ground, and the roots follow the water deep into the ground, as opposed to watering every day, the plants roots instead will spread out along the top of the soil, and in drought or high heat conditions, the top of the soil drys out first. With a plants roots deep in the ground, it can withstand dry spells much better. And I guess one more tip would be to use mulch, it helps the moisture stay in the soil longer, rather then being evaporated by the sun every sunny day.

I know this is an old thread, but thought since not only is the above advice good, but relevant, it's also been hot out... I've been seeing some threads about plant problems resembling high heat stress/damage, Worth bumping back up to see if anyone has anybody has new tried techniques for this.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

i'd add a simple technique of covering the soil with wet paper bags, kinda like a compost heap, if it's bad, open a plastic trash bag to cover the soil in between the paperbags, I say inbetween because trashbags are typically black, which obviously absorbs heat/light. I've done this even with inside grows,with just the brown bag, and I've seen roots that grow all the way up to the surface of the soil, and the way I see it, is, more roots=happier plant. Happier plant=nicer/more nugs.

 

[doublejj]

^^^this^^^^
The key to heat control is all about the root zone....cool roots = happy plants....

 

[veggiegardener]

^^^this^^^^
The key to heat control is all about the root zone....cool roots = happy plants....

Exactly! Assuming your native soil isn't a non porous clay, a deep soaking immediately after planting, coupled with thick mulch will be a tremendous help. Once the plant is well established(obvious vigorous growth) deep weekly watering should be adequate.