{"id":7701,"date":"2025-05-06T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.varietatslocals.org\/?p=7701"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:40:06","slug":"water-needs-in-summer-horticulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/necessitats-daigua-en-horticoles-destiu\/","title":{"rendered":"Water needs in summer horticulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height:2\">Mediterranean summers can be tough on horticultural crops, especially during periods of drought. Understanding the water needs of summer horticultural crops and evaluating the option of dryland cultivation can help us better adapt our garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udca7 <strong>Irrigation or Dry Cultivation<\/strong>?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:2\">The <strong>dry farming<\/strong>, also called dryland farming, has been traditionally practiced in many Mediterranean areas. It involves cultivating crops that depend solely on rain, opting for rustic and adapted varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udfe2 Advantages:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Lower water consumption and less dependence on irrigation systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Better organoleptic quality in some species (such as tomatoes or dry-grown melon).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Agriculture more resilient to climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd34 Disadvantages:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Less secure or smaller harvests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Limitation on some varieties or species.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">The soil must be suitable for doing this (loamy texture, towards clay), and it must be prepared very well, adding manure and tilling the soil to promote infiltration and avoid evaporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf3f Species suitable for dry farming:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Branch tomato<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Dried beans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Some local varieties of melon and watermelon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Some local pumpkin varieties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f <strong>Practical Recommendations<\/strong> <strong>for dry farming<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Land preparation using\u2019<strong>manure contribution<\/strong>, to promote water retention, and cultivate it to prevent evaporation and allow new water to infiltration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Planning the sowing calendar:<\/strong> to make the most of the spring rains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\">Avoid water competition with grasses, as they absorb a large amount of water when the roots of the crop have not yet developed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Mulching:<\/strong> maintains humidity and reduces evaporation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Support irrigation:<\/strong> Small contributions at critical times can make a difference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Local and adapted varieties:<\/strong> better resistance to water stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf31 <strong>Water Needs for Summer Vegetables<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf45 Tomato<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Water needs:<\/strong> medium-high.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Critical moments:<\/strong> flowering and fruit setting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Irrigated tomatoes produce more, but dry-grown tomatoes are tastier and keep better (for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/product-2\/tomatiga-of-iron-ramellet\/\">branch tomato<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\uded1 Pepper and eggplant<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Water needs:<\/strong> high.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Critical moments:<\/strong> flowering and fruit set.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Lack of water can reduce the size and quality of the fruit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf49 Watermelon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Water needs:<\/strong> high.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Critical moments:<\/strong> fruit formation and growth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> local varieties can adapt better to conditions of lower irrigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\uded8 Bean <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Water needs:<\/strong> average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Critical moments:<\/strong> flowering and formation of clusters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> In areas with little water availability, dry varieties that need less irrigation can be grown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udd6c Lettuce<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Water needs:<\/strong> high and constant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Critical moments:<\/strong> throughout the cycle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Water stress can cause a bitter taste or premature earing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019estiu mediterrani pot ser dur amb els cultius hort\u00edcoles, especialment en per\u00edodes de sequera. Entendre les necessitats d&#8217;aigua en hort\u00edcoels d&#8217;estiu i valorar l\u2019opci\u00f3 del cultiu a la seca pot ajudar-nos a adaptar millor l\u2019hort. \ud83d\udca7 Reg o Cultiu a la Seca? El cultiu a la seca, tamb\u00e9 anomenat cultiu en sec\u00e0, s\u2019ha practicat tradicionalment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":7704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-7701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrades-del-blog","tag-varietatslocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varietatslocals.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}