drought
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: drought
- From: A* L*
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 07:28:48 -0700
Just have to get in on this thread. One of the few (very few!)
advantages of (1) having a small garden and (2) living in Chicago
with that big lake and all that water is that we can usually get
through a drought period with little damage, unless accompanied by
severe heat. So far, most plants look pretty good, considering --
except the astilbes, which I think have been underfed as well as
suffering from dryness. Also, I think the extra spring rains, where
I did lose stuff in pots due to rot, helped raise the water table and
is getting some deeprooted stuff through this. But it's getting
serious -- all of the predicted rainstorms have split and gone north
or south of us (some blame Lake Michigan for creating a 'rain barrier'
that splits the storm fronts) and expected downpours have been either
nothing or less than 1/4 inch. And I'm always puzzled by the reaction
of plants to real rain vs. the same amount of city water from
sprinklers.
There's no question that rain water makes everything look and act better
-- any ideas from experts out there about this? Obviously, all water is
not created equal!
Anne - Chicago
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