How Does Smoke Affect Gardens – Caring For Smoke Damaged Plants

This has been a terrible wildfire year in many parts of the country, especially the west. In San Francisco, the smoke was so heavy that for a few days, the sky turned a surreal yellow and sunlight could not get through. While your first concern must be for the safety of yourself and your family, in time your attention returns to the garden. Can smoke hurt plants? How does smoke affect gardens? These are great questions to be asking and the answers may surprise you. Wildfire Smoke in Gardens Any gardener whose life was disrupted by wildfires knows that there was wildfire smoke in gardens too. Humans can wear an N-95 mask to go out or, if they are lucky, stay in the house with a HEPA air filter cleaning that smoke out of the air. Garden plants have neither of these options and may be exposed to smoke garden […]

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