The last month has been extremely hot in the entire region.
The temperature reached the 40th mark on the thermometer scale.
Meteorologists say it's some African wave from the Sahara, which brought such hellish days...
With such a high temperature and the scorching sun without a single cloud in the sky, we reduced the activities to the basics, with the idea of somehow protecting ourselves from the heat.
And the plants?
Can you imagine how difficult it was to keep the plants in the garden at such temperatures?
The cultures that we grow in the gardens are not intended for growing in the Sahara 🤣
When I signed up to participate in #hwc2024, to grow pumpkins for @hive-world-champ contest, I didn't know what the coming summer would be like 🙂
And that summer and hellish heat, without a drop of rain for weeks, makes growing a garden a lot more difficult.
The only help that the plants from our garden have is a hose and watering, which they get once every three days in the early morning hours, while the soil is somewhat cooled and the leaves of the plants are not yet warmed by the sun's rays.
The tomatoes that were totally green in the last post are now completely ripe, and they grew so fast that the skin on some of them cracked...
The vines thrive without problems. The roots of their shoots have penetrated deep into the ground and there is enough moisture to fill the pot.
And the other plants somehow managed to survive the hellish days.
Blueberries are ripe and can already be picked for eating.
The vineyard peach has produced a lot of fruit, now it just needs to be watered occasionally (if it doesn't rain), so that the fruit will continue to grow.
The fig has already given birth (the one that is an early variety), and now we are waiting for this one to ripen in August.
Slowly, the fruits of paprika can also be noticed. She is very gentle (tricky for breeders). It requires attention and plenty of watering in the early morning hours. Will paprika survive? We'll see...
And what about pumpkins?
Pumpkins weathered the damage. All the young embryos that were exposed, without the protection of the large leaves from the sun's rays, died.
But that's not the end of my journey to hwc2024, there's still time for plants to grow. October is far away.
All that is left of the pumpkins for now are these young shoots, as well as one pumpkin that grew before the heat and is holding up nicely for now.
It grows, hidden in the shade of the leaves and grass around it.
So far, I haven't dropped out of hwc2024, there is hope for the pumpkins in my garden, even if it was this one, which hasn't suffered so far.
Dear hive friends, if you have pumpkin plants in your garden, take a look at the @der-prophet@der-prophet post, maybe your pumpkin is the new world champion?
Follow @hive-world-champ and all other participants and have fun.
Besides having fun, we enjoy growing our plants...