Thunderstorms in June: Protect the garden from weather changes with tarpaulins and nets

Created: 06/09/2022, 02:00 p.m

By: Joana Lück

Thunderstorms instead of sun, gusts of wind instead of pleasant temperatures.

So far June has been extraordinarily rainy.

This is how you can protect your plants.

Munich – Since this year at the latest, it is no longer a rarity that every day, no matter how nice, ends with an open umbrella and canceled barbecues.

But while we can protect ourselves from the storms with the right rainwear, plants and your entire garden are dependent on outside help.

Weather change in June: Protect the garden from thunderstorms with tarpaulins and nets

June this year has already started rainy.

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What was previously only reserved for midsummer has increasingly shifted to the months of May and June: summer thunderstorms.

Heavy rain, hail, thunder and lightning and even Saharan dust leave many frustrated gardeners, especially now that the gardening season has really just started.

But there are a few ways you can protect your beloved plants:

• Tomatoes are particularly sensitive to hail, showers and storms.

  Their thin skin then bursts open, and rot and other diseases have an easy time of it.

  These plants particularly benefit from weather protection.

  Special plastic tomato hoods with ventilation holes can be placed vertically over the plants so that they are not destroyed in heavy rain.

• So-called berry roofs not only protect against rain and hail and diseases, the poles can be used wonderfully as a climbing aid to which you can attach plants.

  Plus point: Despite the roof, it can rain down to the roots on the berry roof and the plant can thrive so well.

  In addition, sufficient air gets to the plants, which prevents diseases, especially in sensitive plants.

• Fine-mesh, stretched nets not only keep birds away, but also protect your plants from hail damage.

• Choose plants that can handle a lot of rain.

  These include fuchsias, magic bells and Goldmarie;

  with the palm trees also banana and hemp palms.

  Geraniums are also a bit more robust, but they also rot if they get too wet from above and below.

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But even a plant that can cope with a lot of rain and partial waterlogging will face a major challenge when it comes to hail.

Fold-out boards can help here.

Or you don't plant the plants in the bed or balcony box at all, but in a mobile bucket.

This allows you to remove the plants from the danger zone in good time.