lack of rain - Droopy leaves, nothing growing - will things bounce back?

[Anonymous]

Anyone else's yard and garden looking a bit limp and crispy? I mean yes sure I could water things, but hopefully this dry spell won't last a whole lot longer.

[Anonymous]

Some things will, if they are drought tolerant natives, and somethings won't unless you water them.

[Anonymous]

I have been watering all new plantings and just had everything heavily mulched. It’s going to get into the 90s soon before we see any rain.

[Anonymous]

I forgot to water in the morning today, and I see plants are not happy outside under hot sun and soil are all dry.

Can I make it up watering them after sunset today or should I wait next day morning? If I water them now, I think they may be cooked or burned, right?

[Anonymous]

everything in my garden is droopy except the lavenders and lemongrass. I have them under an awning so they don't get too much rain when it rains, but the rest of my plants are thirsty! No humidity, no rain : (

[Anonymous]

I've been watering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I forgot to water in the morning today, and I see plants are not happy outside under hot sun and soil are all dry.

Can I make it up watering them after sunset today or should I wait next day morning? If I water them now, I think they may be cooked or burned, right?

Water in the evening (on a routine basis). That way, the plants will have plenty of time to absorb what they need, before having to deal with the day. Water deeply, and mulch.

OP - Most of my established plants are fine without water for a week or so. All my new plants are getting watered deeply every 3 days. The ones especially moisture sensitive get watered every other day, sometimes daily. It's been unusually hot, with very little soaking rain. There isn't even much rain predicted for the next week or 10 days. You have to tend to your plants during these times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some things will, if they are drought tolerant natives, and somethings won't unless you water them.

I'm finding I need to water some of my supposedly drought tolerant natives too- primarily the perrenials that are in mainly fill sun and emerged on the later side. Rubeckia is fine but the coneflowers, Joe Pye weed and butterfly weed just didn't get going enough before it got dry/hot. And I had even mulched. I wouldn't wait on rain OP, there isn't really any in the forecast. Water before they die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I forgot to water in the morning today, and I see plants are not happy outside under hot sun and soil are all dry.

Can I make it up watering them after sunset today or should I wait next day morning? If I water them now, I think they may be cooked or burned, right?

Water them now, don’t wait.

[Anonymous]

Morning is best to water.

Nighttime doesn’t dry and more likely for fungus or rot.