Some Problems Affecting A Garden Nursery
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Gardeners regularly face several common problems with the plant members of their garden nursery. While different factors play a role in inducing a disease or unhealthy condition, one important force is the weather. Growing a garden nursery in suitable weather conditions will result in healthy growth as harsh weather conditions, especially wet and cool weather, in particular affect vegetable plants. This article will list some common negative effects of unfavorable weather on vegetables grown in a garden nursery.
Absence of Blossom and Failure to Fruit
In plants like tomatoes, pepper, and snap beans, a drop in blossom and failure to fruit is associated with poor pollination that results from cold night temperatures (below 55 F) or high temperatures (above 75 F). This seriously damages the flowers and they drop without pollinating. To remedy this problem, balance the temperature by adjusting the hours of shade and sun for the plants and water regularly to prevent from drying in hot temperatures.
Partially Filled Corn Ears
Corn plants also suffer from inefficient pollination and the result is partially filled, or usually poorly filled, ears. Hot and dry weather conditions are responsible for this problem. One way to prevent this is by regular watering in dry soil conditions. Also, closely space the individual plants in the garden nursery to facilitate pollination by wind.
Bitter Taste in the Fruit
Cucumbers are especially infamous for bitter taste and more than one factor account for this: heat, dry conditions, and disease. Water the plants regularly during dry conditions. Keep control on diseases and select varieties that are less prone to producing bitter fruit e.g. Sweet Slice and Burpless Hybrid.
Blossom-End Rot
This physiological illness of the plants in a garden nursery is characterized by the development of brown or black spots on the blossom end of the fruit. Later, these affected tissues become the den of secondary organisms to destroy the fruit. Tomato and pepper are the easy targets of this condition.
The root cause of blossom-end rot is deficiency of calcium on account of wide moisture changes in the soil and also by excessive fertilizing with nitrogenous compounds. The condition can be remedied by care in fertilizing and by mulching and watering the plants in dry conditions.
Fruit Cracks
Sometimes, tomatoes (especially large verities like Beefsteak) of the garden nursery are affected with radial and concentric cracks at the stem end of the fruit. This condition is the result of rapid growing during ripening due to excess rainfall or watering in an otherwise dry period.
Exposure to high temperatures and direct sunlight also has a role in cracking the fruit. Preventing the condition requires uniform supply of moisture to the plant and mulching and watering during the dry season is helpful if you are careful not to over-irrigate.
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