Plants, Pitties, and Power Foods

🌿 Surviving August in Oklahoma: Plants vs. Heat Wave

If you’re feeling wilted in this Oklahoma August heat, imagine how your plants feel!

The sun is relentless, the air feels like soup, and your poor pothos is side-eyeing you like, “Seriously? This is what you call care?”

Here are a few tips to help your leafy friends make it to September:

1️⃣ Hydrate Smart: Water early in the morning before the sun turns it into plant-steaming sauna water. Deep watering helps roots reach cooler soil below.

2️⃣ Shade is Their Best Friend: Even sun-loving plants can get scorched right now. Move pots to a shaded porch or use shade cloth to give them a break from direct afternoon rays.

3️⃣ Mulch Like You Mean It: A 2–3 inch layer of mulch helps keep soil cooler and prevents moisture from vanishing into thin air (or rather, thick air).

4️⃣ Pause Fertilizing: In extreme heat, plants focus on surviving, not growing. Save the plant “energy drinks” for cooler days.

5️⃣ Watch for Stress Sign: Crispy leaf edges, drooping leaves midday (even after watering), and faded colors mean they need shade, water, or both.

Oklahoma summers are a test of patience, for us and for our plants. But with a little extra TLC, they’ll power through and come fall, they’ll thank you with fresh growth and maybe even a bloom or two. 🌸

Stay cool, friends. And don’t forget… if your plants start whispering “move me to Oregon,” maybe just give them more water.

Or be like my tropical garden and planters and give up till next year. 🥺