One of the most hazardous things that will happen to your plants is our very own climate. Many a flower garden has been destroyed overnight simply because of this occurence. And apparently, there’s nothing at all we could do to prevent it. Of course, if climatic conditions didn’t exist at all then we wouldn’t have the pleasant sunny days that are beneficial to the success of our vegetation. But then again, we would not have the terrible hailstorms which tear down every thing we’ve labored for so countless hours to grow. If rain begins to drop, generally the first reaction of a gardener is absolute joy. After all, this will mean you do not need to be concerned about heading outside and watering it by hand. The fresh rain fall cannot be anything but beneficial for all your thirsty vegetation, can it? Well as soon as that aforesaid gardener begins to see the magnificent rain drops transform into small globules of ice, normally a complete emotional break down is in order. I know this through experience, simply because when I was a blooming gardener I had my garden plants entirely destroyed just by about ten minutes of considerable hail.

When I initially learned my lesson on the damage hail can do, I rapidly devised a method of coping. I began to keep large clay pots within 10 feet of my vegetable garden, so that at any sign of hail I could run outdoors and have the vegetation sheltered in a matter of seconds. This saved me from being forced to watch my flowers be torn to pieces on several occasions. I have never dealt with hail more than an inch in diameter, but I’m guessing that if there had been any baseball sized chunks then those pots would have been quickly demolished.

However, as the number of fragile plants and flowers in my backyard grew, it became slightly impractical to have a pot for every plant, and run outdoors to place every one before significant damage had already occurred. After a lot of thought, I ended up building a horizontal, retractable screen mechanism constructed out of a powerful but flexible wire mesh. At any sign of rain I could pull the screen out over my whole backyard and have instant protection. Not simply did it allow the rain through, but the collected hail supplied a continuous drip of water for as much as a day afterwards. This project cost me a few hundred dollars, and much more blood, sweat, and tears than can be measured with earth dollars. Therefore I wouldn’t suggest it to everyone. If it’s too late for you, and you’ve recently lost your treasured plants to such incredible balls of ice, then you’re probably looking for some way to assist the plants recover. Regrettably there aren’t a lot of options for you. The best thing you are able to do is give them the tender care they deserve, and attempt to nurse them back to health over a lengthy period of time. The a number of weeks following becoming severely damaged by hail are vital to whether the plant survives or not. If you expect much more rain or wind, you ought to maintain the plant covered. In this brittle stage, even raindrops or a strong breeze could cause much more harm.

So if you live in an area that experiences frequent hail, you ought to surely have some emergency strategy for safeguarding your plants. Sitting by and watching them be ripped to shreds should never be an option!

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