If you are the only native plants that grow in your climate zone and grow this project to maintain the garden, will not suffer many losses because of the climate, nor is it necessary to protect the plants from the elements. But, of course, gardeners. To become law, because they have a varied diet, so that prints and try your luck, more juicy and flavorful crops to the north or south, as the plants grow really want.
Therefore, the understanding of important climatethe gardener. It tells him when to plant, when the crop and, perhaps most importantly, when to protect his plants artificially. Cities are always warmer than the countryside. The waste heat from buildings and all these people doing in this direction. So if you live in a city or its suburbs, you can plant a little 'before and enjoy a longer growing season than in the countryside close to the gardener.
Frost
The period between the last frost in spring and the first delayFreezing of the fall time is crucial for vegetable gardeners. If you grow outdoor plants that raced - and include all plants, native to hot climates are: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, pumpkins - can grow only from the outside at this time. Aside from chopping fruits and vegetables should be covered in brass and all will be harvested before the first frost.
The period garden vegetable planting of food crops compared to the growth of grass can be measured.If the grass to grow in your lawn after winter begins sleeping, you can begin to seed. Grass begins to grow when the soil temperature reaches 43 ° F (6 ° C) in the spring. There are some factors that influence the data of the first and last stops. The proximity to the sea or in deep water, tends to prevent warm air and the cold, while the amount generally increases the cold.
Precipitation
Lucky is the gardener, whose country will get exactly the right amount of water in a natural wayPrecipitation. Winter rains wash the nutrients from the soil too, erodes the soil itself, and prevents us gardeners in the country since he wants. Planting green manure crops to free beds in the winter, prevents erosion and keeps the nutrients in the soil. The garden needs rain in spring and early summer and not too much rain in summer. Most of us has to give, nor the nature of one hand and digging irrigation furrows or get the hose or watering canpossible.
Sunlight
A little 'sunshine is important for all plants, except mushrooms. Crops such as corn, eggplant, peppers, melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes are not liquors and mature, without much sun. In areas that can not only, of course, these plants are grown under glass or plastic and, if necessary, artificial heat. On the other hand, some plants can not be too much. Sun lettuce plants deteriorate and die, when the summer heat sets in.
Wind
ManyThe plants suffer badly in windy locations. Just as the strength of the wind itself is the problem that the wind exaggerates the effect of freezing and evaporation. Try to take advantage of protected areas to build protection against the wind in the garden or greenhouse.
