Watering flowers when it is frosty?
Frost is a particularly big challenge for most plants and is actually their greatest enemy. In spite of everything, you should water some plants, sometimes flowers, even in winter. The following tips show whether it makes sense to water flowers when there is frost.
What you need:
- fleece
- Straw mats
Watering flowers in winter
- Some flowers like rose bushes, Perennials or flowers in plant pots require a certain amount of care, even in the cold season, and not just when it comes to watering. This is particularly important with semi-hardy flowers and shrubs.
- Proper care, especially watering on frost-free days and plant protection, depends on the respective flower species or the corresponding plant family and can accordingly be very different be.
Notes on plant care in frosty conditions
- Many plants or You should also provide flowers with sufficient water in winter, as there is usually insufficient rainfall at this time of the year and the plants can also dry out in winter. However, you should reduce the watering to a minimum in winter, as the metabolism of the plants or Flowers in winter is significantly restricted.
- You should not water flowers at all when there is frost, as they do not need water during frost and, above all, the roots of the plants cannot absorb water from the frozen ground. Such a lack of water is known as frost drought. This occurs particularly where there is little or no snow, parts of the plants protrude above the snow cover and frost can penetrate deep into the ground.
- Most of the time plants that did not survive the winter have dried up and not, as one might suspect, frozen to death. The winter sun also contributes to this, as it allows the water in the plants or Flowers evaporated faster. You can cover particularly sensitive plants with fleece or straw mats to protect them from additional dehydration from the sun.
- Check your plants regularly in winter for signs of drying out and water or water dry soils if necessary, but only on days when there is no frost. Signs of drying out are, for example, brown or curled leaves.
- As with plants in the garden, it is the same with flowers in pots or window boxes, which you also have to water from time to time in winter and protect them from excessive solar radiation. Additional protection against frost is usually also required here.
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Wintering plants in the house
If you brought plants indoors in autumn because they cannot survive the frost months outdoors you need to find a suitable location so that the plants can survive the winter months can.
- When giving water, follow the formula: the cooler the location, the less water is poured.
- Make sure there is a fresh air supply on mild, frost-free days. This strengthens and hardens the plants.
- Also make sure in the house that no waterlogging forms when watering. This can have worse effects on the plants than a minor, temporary, lack of water.
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