Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Watering in this Heat and Drought, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
coleup--

I like your reasoning......good detecting work--putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with the right answer.

Even though most of my plants are hanging on, I can tell that my brugs are not too happy.
Having all the spider mites does not help--but, in general, Brugs just do not like all this heat.
I have been growing brugs for years now--and I can tell--I also remember this advice from my first years.

My 3 Brugs really do not sit exposed to the hot afternoon sun. One gets full AM sun and then is shaded a bit--
the other two sit in front of my shed and get some protection from the Maple tree by the shed.
BUT--the heat is still there--even if the sun is not on them all day.
The plants that are loving this weather are the day Lilies....my KK Hibiscus, my cucumber plants--
and the usual annuals--even though their blooms do not last as long as they would in a cooler summer.
Oh, well......
This is looking West across my back yard. See my two Brugs on the pad in front of my shed?
Of course--my S.E.M. still lives....UGH!