The plants making up the garden around your home add beauty and curb appeal while absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. Whether you recently planted numerous flowers and want to ensure they receive the best care, or have experienced watering issues such as saturated soil and yellow plants, use this guide. There are certain times of day ideal for irrigation and others that will not help your greenery thrive.

A Quick Guide to Watering Plants

Why Water in the Morning?

Hydrate your plants in the morning, preferably before the sun rises. Pre-sunrise irrigation gives plants, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and shrubs sufficient time to absorb the liquid to keep their root systems healthy, strong, and disease-resistant. Your plants can subsequently withstand the sun’s heat instead of drying out and becoming yellow and brittle. Plants can also sustain burns if they are in full sun and get hit with cold water due to heat transfer. Early morning watering additionally conserves water because you do not have to use as much to make up for the midday heat.

In comparison, mid-morning, noon, and afternoon watering causes quick evaporation that does not give your plants what they need and wastes water. Such watering is especially pointless on hot summer days because water evaporates at an accelerated rate.

Why Avoid Watering in the Evening?

Avoid watering your plants in the evening, which can seem like a good idea because the heat of the day is over. However, nighttime irrigation allows plant beds to remain saturated instead of efficiently absorbing water with help from the sun. Plants that stay waterlogged become susceptible to fungi such as sooty mold and powdery mildew that love dark, wet conditions. Excessive water also invites insects such as mosquitoes, promotes growth of unwanted grasses including crabgrass, causes thatch, and makes plants wilt and turn yellow. 

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