This spring’s storms have been a point of frustration for many home gardeners who planted flowers or vegetables time and again just to have all their hard work destroyed. After all the recent recent hail storms, is it even worth it to replant your garden?
Marie Kress is one of those gardeners. Kress and her boyfriend decided to try their hand for the first time this year by building five raised garden beds. The couple then planted everything from okra to artichokes to cucumbers.
A large hailstorm accompanied by a nearby tornado brought strong winds to her neighborhood that tore through her garden. She’s considering replanting some of her garden again but this late in the year, is all the effort worth the hassle? Because hail storms are so common in Colorado, Gharbi first recommends putting up netting to protect your plants and prevent the damage before it occurs.
If the damage to your flowers and vegetable gardens has already occurred, Gharbi said the first thing to do is tread lightly when you are walking through your garden. The moisture from the storm is already compacting the soil and you don’t want to compact things further but walking around it. If you are growing a root vegetable and the leaves are damaged, he said the plant likely will not survive because the leaves are needed to make more sugars so the vegetable will not be able to recover.
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