Heat Waves: 8 Ways To Protect Your Plants

Heat Waves Are No Joke. Nothing takes down a plant faster than heat and drought. With climate throwing us a curveball every year, on top of all the other things that make gardening challenging, we need help....we need a reprieve!
In today's video, I've got 8 strategies to help your garden and your plants this summer so that they can endure whatever the weather throws at them. Excessive heat and lack of moisture are big ones, but with these 8 tricks we can continue to grow healthy, happy plants, and STILL end up with great harvests!
2022 is the Year of the Garden! We deserve it after the last little while, and growing our own food and self sufficiency is just the reward we need to get back on track!
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[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

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[@porik5523]

Please do a video on the rotting on cantaloupes and melons 🙏 my crops are being tortured😭

[@myprtrump2207]

I use your soil mixture and look to you to help me learn my 1st year at gardening!

[@hope2029]

Jeff, will cedar chips work for mulch? Also can onion water be used to fertilize any plant? Thank! 😊

[@suegiesige8320]

Thanks for the timely advice and not relying on drip irrigation...many of us cannot justify the expense.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I hear you on that Sue! 🙂

[@avermontlife]

Amen. And let's not forget the ugliness factor.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@Newyosemitehomestead]

My kids are loving plant patrol. If they see anything wilting from their windows, they can go out and check the soil to see if it's dry and they can water. Thus far we only lost a few plants. My kids are watching this now for tips.

[@SuperWhatapain]

Great kids!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I agree, great kids!!

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@doodlesthegoose7085]

Last summer wasn't the first time we've seen that kind of heat in the PNW. I remember well a summer in Seattle when I was a kid that was evenly brutally hot. We don't have global warming. We have geoengineering causing most of the issues we see including contamination of our ground water with aluminum, barium and strontium (the few contaminants in my spring water that cannot keep out surface water contamination). We had snow in April. THAT has not happened in my lifetime. All that said, thanks for the tips. They are very much appreciated.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@jenniferhunter4074]

It's not the extreme weather per se. Think of the "100 year hurricane" or the "100 year heatwave". It means that, on average, you'll get an extreme hurricane about once every hundred years. With climate change, it's not a 100 years anymore. It's every 10 years or every 5 years. There's a lot of energy via that heat. It's like winding a spring up. The more energy, the tighter the spring is wound. When it releases, boom, you get a stronger reaction. Global warming is happening. It's like water. The more you heat it, the hotter it gets. The hotter it gets, the more dangerous it is to touch. The more energy it has to power the natural wind currents and tides. Do this fun experiment. Have two same size pots. One is 50/50 ice and water. The other is pure water. Use the same amount of heat and time how long it goes to boil. Then, look at the those ice caps and think about ice cubes and water.

[@SuperWhatapain]

Thank you so much. I keep moving mine under the shade. Northeast Florida

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers Ann, me too....up here in Canada if you can believe it!

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@Thathandytiger17]

Thank you for sharing your wit and wisdom. You’re very encouraging. Focusing on the safety of your fellow gardeners like myself was appreciated. So many times, I’ve been known to hop out of bed before breakfast and head straight to the garden. I’ll be sure to heed your warnings. Happy Gardening!

[@OZARKMEL]

Great video, thank you. We live in Tucson, AZ.....let's talk about HEAT and zero humidity! Right now we are running in the low 100's with 9% humidity and NO rain in sight. Being a new gardener here it's been a lesson in patience and frustration trying to keep crops alive. Shade cloth, deep mulch and lots of water and organic fertilizer have been our "go to" items. Luckily we can grow year round here with a greenhouse in use during the cold months. The best advice you gave is mulch...it's a miracle to those that have never used it!

[@GeorgiasGarden]

106 for foreseeable future here in Texas. I stated wicking tubes and shade under patio. Much better.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@jessegeluz1072]

By doing what he said, did it help with ur plants not getting burned? My seedlings have been effected at times.

[@westcoast8562]

Your garden is looking great 👍 PUMPING. Awesome tips and hilariously accurate description about container gardening in the heat.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@mashafasha5796]

Great frickn video bud! Last tip SUPER important.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@avermontlife]

We are avid gardeners and yet no expert or book has ever defined what watering deeply actually means. Does it mean 30 seconds per plant, one minute per bed? It has never been clear, and I worry I'm wasting water by overdoing it. All of your advice is a good reminder for experienced gardeners as well as new ones. We mulch constantly, and definitely only save seed for varieties that survive well as the weather continues to punish us. Another reason why it's so important to save seed. We must be doing something right, because so far no wilting and we have lettuce still going strong. Thank you for the content and reminder to stay safe.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@fabianlewis6lewis249]

Your right Jeff it has gotten very hot over the past few days ago

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@rickthelian2215]

Watering in the evening while the sun is going down giving the plants a chance to get hydrated for the coming day or recovery from the heat. Mulching helps or placing bottles of water directly in the soil or in plastic pegs that water deep down.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@pillowkitty6]

Records being broken this year. Way up in northern Illinois we experienced 105 in June. Anything I had on rollers was moved around the deck chasing after the shade. Thankfully nothing died but it was certainly a shock to the plants going from a rainy spring to intense summer so suddenly. I even tossed a few ice cubes into the tomato pots. Ground cherries on the other hand couldn't get enough of the heat and their growth increased drastically!

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@johnmccoy2721]

Slowly raises my hand* Hi my name is John, I too am a Bucket Boy, and a Raised Bed Renegade! HAHA Thanks man I appreciate your channel so much.

[@sircorkysriley4904]

on my raised beds I cover them with shade cloth in the super hot of the day . Really helps

[@OakKnobFarm]

Great video Jeff. I had a little chuckle when you mentioned not working in the sun in the major afternoon heat.... as I sit here watching your video waiting for the temp to drop a little :) Stay cool

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@myprtrump2207]

Very hot in south central Pennsylvania here on the Frederick Maryland state line! Jeff, I lost all my cabbage plants to green worms, used need mixture in early evening, thanks to husband who thinks I’m crazy for trying to have food for what’s happening, he changed his mind after I bought all materials…

[@AnyKeyLady]

With have had 2 sand storms from North Africa reach us in the UK. The South East of England, inc London has been soo dry. I have been terribly ill the last two/ three weeks with high pollen counts. The dust is a major factor too. I haven't been able to breath through my nose as i already have pre existing sinus and asthma problems. Hubby is away this weekend so it's just our child and I, so i might wear a mask and chop up some more of the hay we bought for the mushroom bed on the grass and then mulch the containers more. Our courgettes are less productive than expected and even the succession ones are struggling this year. Doing it on the grass will also hide the bald patches and hopefully leave any seeds behind. I think in 2018, it was so hot an dry, like 34c for a week, we ended up with a huge deep crack in our clay lawn! Picking up our kid from school today, we walked past a brook that smelt awful. This stream leads to the Thames River. It usually has fish, shrimp, dragon flies and many other species of wildlife. We haven't seen any herons or ducks this year, which usually stop off on our roof! I have already moved most of my first early potatoes into the shade. We have some washing up bowls that we can use. Normally we work as a team with entertaining our only child and caring for the garden. Fingers crossed i can persuade our kid to help this weekend and get them in the mood for planting, rather than just harvesting!

[@tracyc.6289]

Another great video!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much Tracy! 🙂

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@calsand6]

California's monsoon season is starting, so hopefully we will get some pretty good storms. It's been in the 110's out here since may

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@westcoast8562]

Remay cloth (AKA floating row cover?)works well as shade cover, for hardening off or even as mulch.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@JustinMentionedIt]

Using that potting soil with a lot of mulch helps a lot by holding a ton of moisture longer… when digging a hole dig it extra deep to refill it with that soil

[@teresacannon9017]

Thank you so much for this advice. It's been a struggle this year with the heat for our garden. Love your channel!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Teresa! Yes, definitely the heat has made its presence known this year so far!

[@kittiew260]

Another great video Jeff

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@kemplelabis6188]

Really useful tips especially here in the Philippines, some of my plants are cooked from the scorching sun

[@EricaLucasLoves]

@5:00 container growers!

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@yellowbird5411]

More and more gardeners are complaining about wilting plants in the sun and heat. Many plants are dying, many are not producing anything, and others just look sad. The sun down here in Florida has been causing all kinds of issues with my potted tomatoes and beans, as well as a new lilac bush I got, bred for 9/10 zone. So I have made great efforts to keep them in the mostly shade, around a tree and in the dappled shade of other trees. They seem to like that. I lost my zucchini plants to the sun and wind. I may replant. And I have at least one horn worm that has decimated a few tomato plants. Can't find them, though. But we may have to look really hard at shade cloths, shade covers and the like for our plants. As inconvenient and often unsightly they are, if we are going to protect the plants, I don't know if we have a choice. I also see drip irrigation in our future, even more so than now. Mulch. And more mulch. We still have time to replant some vegetables or whatever before fall, and we should do that, taking care to utilize whatever shade we have for those plants that can grow in partial shade. It's strange that other bushes/trees don't seem to be affected, although I hear stories from other areas that they are seeing tree damage.

[@kamikazitsunami]

That sounds like my issue. Have you noticed how ultra bright the sun is? Over here it feels like a blinding spotlight.

[@myprtrump2207]

I use sheer curtains to pin to trellises and make sure the air can flow. Pennsylvania is hot🔥

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Totally agree Lynn. Mulch and drip irrigation and smart plant choices are definitely the way to go.

[@SuperWhatapain]

@@myprtrump2207 smart idea and sometimes cheaper and easier to find (( thrift store). Thank you

[@LADYSILVERWOLF028]

Yep. I'm in Florida too. I am trying to transition to ultra heat loving plants in the summer months. Yard beans and mung beans are thriving right now. My peppers are doing ok in the shade. Everything else, is dying off, even my tomatoes which are native to FL and heat tolerant. Good luck!

[@rlbgardener6465]

Hello Jeff, great info as always. I live in south west Missouri US in zone 6b we have been with out rain for about 5 weeks now. I grow everything in tubs because of the rocks, you can’t get a shovel in the ground. This year I have had too put up shade cloth and mulch with straw and it’s doing great temp’s have been in mid to upper 90’s with heat indexes well over the 100’s everything is doing fine so far.

[@idahohoosier8989]

Thank y'all. Blessings, julie

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@kamikazitsunami]

I try to keep my plants close to the side of the house to limit their time in the sun because I'm doing container gardening. Even with a good watering in early morning and in the dusk time their leaves are still curling up and they look like they are wilting. The fruits like my tomatoes are not maturing. My peppers have tons of peppers but they're still little and my tomatoes are not getting bigger and not fruiting as much as they should. I haven't gotten anything to eat out of my plants. They look so sad and I don't know what to do. 2 days ago I went into the sun to experience what the plants are experiencing during the time that the later afternoon sun hits them. The sun is so bright, it's like a spotlight. I realized I haven't seen the sun that bright ever. It doesn't feel natural. First we had way too much rain and wind like I've never seen before and now we have sweltering hot days. The days that we're supposed to have rain, the rain never came.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks for sharing. I totally agree. The sun is just unrelenting. Its crazy. I hope its just my imagination...

[@localunion874]

Seems my greenhouse plants doing better than outdoors. 🤷‍♂️

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@localunion874 I get that sometimes too!

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@Forever.memeworld]

Controlled weather Learning that the weather can be controlled in various ways and we get to be blamed while the bad guys call it a climate problem . Technology we never knew about . Your right about the sun . Hopefully we get our truth soon .

[@myrustygarden]

Excellent video after this week in Langley 😂😂 where do you buy your straw mulch does it have a particular brand name? Thank you for sharing as always have a fantastic Canada day and weekend 🇨🇦🐝 safe

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@dwightdaniels8322]

I really enjoy your videos. You are a great presenter. Have a question about onions from seed. Sorry it is not about wilt. When you seed onions in your grow room does having your lights on for 16 hours a day for other crops interfer with the day length requirements of onions.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Dwight! For Onion seedlings, you want SHORT days....its not until they go outside for planting in the garden that they can experience longer than 10 hours.

[@dwightdaniels8322]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I only have one grow room so somehow I have to have a blackout box for my onions. Any suggestions?

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@cherylhowker1792]

Have just been to Wilko,UK.... And got some protection fleece. If I use it like an umbrella for the crops,on bamboo sticks and bottles and use it to create shade,is that ok? I don't want to use it to wrap the crops to keep them warm...but to create shade as my garden is south facing so 90% doesn't get any shade at all. Down the side does.but in the main growing area it doesn't. The tomatoes are saying it's hot 25c here daily and 14c at night so warm at night. The stuff in the green house, watermelon and cucumber is growing amazing...no fruit yet but new plants,only been out 4 weeks. Got a new cucumber today so gonna try that and got a thing of mint to grow for £1 which is very cheap. If I had more money and time I would have brought more,and kept it for next year.... Lol

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@mikepatton7829]

Thanks for the knowledge!

[@mizzfreaky4525]

Awesome video, as always 😊 we've been having a heat wave here in Sweden aswell. But finally we were blessed with some much needed rain 🙏💙🙏

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks! Yes, it seems to be the now norm....

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@mizzfreaky4525]

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[@sircorkysriley4904]

totally love the hair😊❤

[@ninemoonplanet]

For people who are in the US south, try wicking beds. They conserve water, are relatively easy to make, and if you don't build huge ones, a two person job to move, if necessary, to shade. Unfortunately the heat waves are going to get worse, hotter, and last longer because we've driven gas guzzlers and use gas or heating oil for our homes. EPA figures show for each 1 ton vehicle (gross weight) it produces 4 TIMES it's weight in carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. Planting drought tolerant shrubs, vines like grapes, can shade your house and garden. Old fashioned gardening needs to change so we all get the foods we grow.

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@growagarden54]

Hot in 9B CA. I grow our garden in elevated raised beds (back issues). My husband made covers for them (wish I could share pics) and I stapled pest covers cloth on them, the covers, which are hinged to the planters are great. This prevents the neighbors cats and other pests. Then I cover them with 40% shade cloth. Not all my planters have the covers. The tomatoes, pole beans, zucchini I struggle with.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

That's great that you're finding the shade cloth is working... At least solutions are there...

[@ladyvader3173]

I started gardening last year, and I live in Germany. Usually, the temperatures would slowly creep up into the mid 70s this time of year. We had temperatures of about 90-100 °F where I live for about two months now, it is INSANE. I'm thinking of buing a citrus tree or sth.

[@Susan.I]

Food for thought!

[@Anne--Marie]

People throw away foam food delivery containers all of the time; they are perfect for container gardening. The roots stay cooler in the white foam containers than they would in the black plastic containers. Great vid, new sub

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Great advice

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks! :-)

[@jenniferhahn7806]

One of my container raspberries got scorched when I was working away from home during a recent heat wave and my husband missed watering it for a day and a half (because it was so hot he just didn't go outside those days). I came home and it looked dead. I was so upset since its over a year old and I kept it alive all through winter inside my enclosed porch. I couldn't give up on it so I really soaked it, got a short wire tomato cage to hold it up better and have been pruning the dead leaves off gradually for the past two weeks. Thankfully I see new leaves sprouting from the primary canes from this year so hopefully there's enough time left for it to recover enough to get through another winter.

[@HYUGE]

Best time for water in summer is evening.. roots can take as much as moisture they need and in winter ..water them in morning always whenever u wanna give them

[@k.p.1139]

Excellent information. If everyone followed your instructions, they will be good to 🤔grow.. or go.. well, you get it! That lower soil temp is golden. Soil microbiology and the nutrient/water transfer- stops when it's to hot- growing stops. Just like us, we become couch potatoes when it's hot. Everything underground does the same unless it's cool and moist 77-86F (25 to 30C). Happy buggies, under the soil, will stay working away. The benefit is continued growth of our plants.. Yes, please. 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

So true! People don't realize that under the surface the soil is much much cooler....and it has to stay that way! Cheers K P! 🙂

[@astatine0085]

i started doing container gardens on my deck, so I don't have to bend and weed. My potatoes are getting choked so i finally ordered a patio tarp to cover the deck and moved my citrus to the afternoon-shade part of the deck.

[@naomi2646]

Good morning Jeff, thank you! Where do you get seedless straw?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hi Naomi, I get mine locally from a feed barn.. I haven't seen it offered online anywhere yet unfortunately

[@adream226]

Appreciate

[@fah6601]

Wonderful video, so informative, thank you Could you please help me with something? I planted 4 garlic cloves in May in Cape Town (start of winter), they grew beautifully over winter, for 5 months, but then when it started heating up, they all died. We did have a few very very hot days (38 degrees Celsius), and the garlic was sitting in full sun. Was that what killed it? What do I do differently next time? Any help or advice you could give would be most appreciated

[@fletchybabe6172]

Lol, if you can't beat them, put them on top of your levelled out compost heap, it looks cooler there 😉😁🌱🐛☀️

[@jdssurf]

it's been 110 here, one day missed watering my oregano and dead, mad

[@michaelp.nguyen7872]

Where did you buy the fabric containers at 6:00?

[@rachelstark2391]

Greetings, How do you shred your straw mulch? Cheers 🍷 Rach

[@cookiemama4]

On the shade cloth, what percentage of filtering do I need for central California heat? Our summers are 100 to 112 deg for 3 months, then "cools" down to 90 in October! One of my little tomatoes that should be green, is turning yellow! Is that from the heat? I have a container garden. PS: Your voice is friendly and uplifting, and I'm really enjoying your videos! Ty. I'm a fairly new subscriber, and a new gardener! 🍅

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much, I am happy to have you along for the journey! I go between 40% and 60% shade cloth....it really does cut down the heat. Plus it last forever! It really does help for container gardens too that can heat up dangerously fast in the summer.

[@cookiemama4]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you so much! 🍅

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@cookiemama4 no problem! :-)

[@sudiptodas0001]

is using foggers/misting sprays useful for cooling down plants?

[@sitindogmas]

ir just looked like those plants just needed a little more water lol, mabey check the weather on your phone and give them a little extra the night before, especially the ones in pots

[@Joseph_Dredd]

Do you mulch "all year round" I notice you mostly use straw - is freshly cut grass okay as well (or plant specific?) On another note - our Strawberries this year were rubbish...Nada. Must be time to replace the strawberry plants I think.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

100% Joseph. I always mulch when needed, rather than a specific time or season. Usually when I plant, I mulch....or at least refresh it.

[@Joseph_Dredd]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Ah gotcha. Thanks for the reply. We have a "heatwave" apparently incoming so I will definitely be mulching. :)

[@nathanfuelling2577]

like what time in the morning should we water

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Early as you can!

[@davidbusch9948]

what about trees trees in the groumd ?

[@MD76MAC]

Lots of water and shade cloth

[@user-lc5uo5uj2f]

I bought everything from your Amazon affiliate links. I don't feel any different. How come my plants are dying?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

That all depends....what are they dying from? What are the symptoms? What's the weather like? What's your soil like? What plants are you growing? What zone are you in?

[@sally3938]

I lost my cucumber plant to some kind of bug!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Sorry to hear that sally! 😞

[@Kittyfundz]

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[@kgonzales321]

It shouldn't be too hot in Canada to grow anything..

[@mountaincreekhomestead]

Lol I can't really lift a 100 Gallon Fabric bed

[@weeee171]

video starts at 2:42 thank me later