{"id":262,"date":"2015-06-12T21:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/?p=262"},"modified":"2018-11-13T21:59:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:59:38","slug":"stressed-out-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Stressed Out Plants?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rain, rain and more rain…….and hail.\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, we know we should be happy for the rain, since we know it will be well appreciated later this summer.\u00a0 We should be enjoying the rain, right?\u00a0 After all, most summers, rain is almost a novelty in Colorado.\u00a0 Well, the novelty has worn off.\u00a0 The ground is saturated in many areas, making it difficult to get things going in the garden. Your plants may even be exhibiting signs of stress from the excessive moisture. Brown mushy leaves and stems or gray-green. crispy leaves are both common signs of too much moisture. So, what can you do?<\/p>\n

I apologize now if this sounds a bit preachy, but\u00a0 we want to help you build your garden path, not lead you down the proverbial one.\u00a0 The single most important thing to do for your garden is to amend the soil. Clay soils don’t allow roots to permeate through the particles and when water-logged roots don’t stand a chance. Amending the soil isn’t the glamorous, fun part of gardening, but it is the foundation for all we hope to grow. Build a good foundation and you’ll experience great results.\u00a0 Prepare minimally and you can expect success relative to your efforts.\u00a0 There are times in life where there simply is no substitute for going all out.\u00a0 Preparing your soil is one of those times.\u00a0 Often you won’t have a chance to do more than spotty amending between plants after the initial preparation.\u00a0 In other words, there’s no going back.\u00a0 Well, there is, but it requires a complete do-over and a tremendous amount of additional effort.\u00a0 (stepping off the soap box now)\"nyc\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What can you do for existing garden plants showing signs of distress?\u00a0 Boomerang.\u00a0\u00a0 Just like the name suggests, it’s a “comeback” microbial-based formula for plants that helps relieve stressed root systems.\u00a0 It is filled with nutrition that is easily absorbed by plants and encourages new root growth.\u00a0 Most importantly, it really works.<\/p>\n

\"BOOMERANG\"<\/a>With the abnormal amount of moisture there are a few undesirables visiting our gardens.\u00a0 Slugs.\u00a0 They slither and slime all over our precious plants and then consume leaves and petals,\u00a0 without any consideration to the gardener.\u00a0 They can’t even stick to the same leaf.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 They have to taste all of them.\u00a0 Diatomaceous Earth is the answer.\u00a0 It causes abrasions to insects when they come in contact with it.\u00a0 The insects lose fluids and dehydrate.\u00a0 It’s an organic control that works effectively.\u00a0 Bonus – it also helps control earwigs, my arch nemesis in the garden.\u00a0 \"natural<\/a><\/p>\n

All of these things will reduce your gardening stress, as well as the stress on your plants.<\/p>\n

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Rain, rain and more rain…….and hail.\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, we know we should be happy for the rain, since we know it will be well appreciated later this summer.\u00a0 We should be enjoying the rain, right?\u00a0 After all, most summers, rain is almost a novelty in Colorado.\u00a0 Well, the novelty has worn off.\u00a0 The ground is saturated … Continue reading Stressed Out Plants?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annuals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}