Many of you ask me this question:should I water in winter?
If I shout to anyone who will listen that the combination of humidity and cold is detrimental to plants, so is desiccation. Saying that doesn't answer the question, I grant you.
Young plantations, bulbs, biennial bedding plants... anything that was planted in the fall and whose rooting is weak, is more sensitive to lack of water. So yes, you have to water, taking the usual precautions, namely that the water provided must not freeze whether it is in the ground or has already arrived in the plant.
Watering is done outside periods of frost , even if the weather is humid, taking care to mulch the soil after watering (or ridge the foot in the case of trees and shrubs).
On the other hand, if the cold is violent in the days following watering, the risk that the plant will not tolerate the drop in temperature below 0°C as well is very real.
– Well then, what do I do?
Saving goat and cabbage for a gardener is not easy. Water yes, but not too much . When we say that we say everything and nothing, I grant you that, but gardening is not an exact science and watering is the most complex action in the garden. Knowing when to bring water, how much, by what means and how often is the biggest puzzle that nature gives us to solve. Everything is based on observation, experience, gardening techniques, but you will always need a hint of intuition, the call of the earth, listening to the plant...
To help you get through the winter:don't let your plants die of thirst and protect them from the cold .
Are your hands turning green? Don't worry, it's not the cold; to practice one's experiments is to favor their change of color.
