{"id":455,"date":"2017-05-09T19:50:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T19:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/?p=455"},"modified":"2018-11-13T22:13:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:13:02","slug":"hail-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/?p=455","title":{"rendered":"Hail Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Severe hail damage is devastating and discouraging. First of all \u2013 take a deep breath and don\u2019t despair. Many times plants will recover from some hail damage, other times there will be no recovery and replanting will be necessary. Here are steps to consider:
\n\u2022 Do a general clean-up of the area and remove the damaged parts of plants \u2013 trim off any hanging stems and remove the debris in the area.
\n\u2022 If all that remains are stems, trim them back by half and they will possibly releaf.
\n\u2022 Lightly cultivate the soil around the damaged plants. The force of hail and heavy rain compacts the soil and leaves a hard crusty layer at the surface \u2013 gently cultivate to break up the crusty layer.
\n\u2022 Avoid the urge to immediately fertilize the damaged plants. Give them a chance to develop new growth. After a week to 2 weeks fertilize with fish emulsion or seaweed extract. After they have resumed active growth, regular fertilization can resume.<\/p>\n

In many instances, hail damage is a Mother Nature \u201cpruning\u201d of the plant. Remember that pruning stimulates growth, and many plants can recover. There will be those that are beyond repair and will have to be replaced.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are many ways to protect plants from hail to come. \u00a0Invert cardboard boxes, buckets or pots, over your plants. \u00a0Hail netting is a great way to protect plants. \u00a0Use stakes to hold it above the foliage of your plants. \u00a0It’s durable and lasts for years. \u00a0Because it allows water and sunlight to pass through the netting, it can be left over plant for a time, safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Severe hail damage is devastating and discouraging. First of all \u2013 take a deep breath and don\u2019t despair. Many times plants will recover from some hail damage, other times there will be no recovery and replanting will be necessary. Here are steps to consider: \u2022 Do a general clean-up of the area and remove the … Continue reading Hail Recovery<\/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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","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=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}