What Are Growing Seasons?
To make the most of your garden, lawn, and flower beds, you need to know your seasons and the area around you. If you’ve recently moved to Arizona or have never tried gardening before, you can’t use your knowledge from most other states. For example, spring in Wisconsin or Michigan is like autumn in Arizona. While the temperature difference is something you can feel, it’s a lot harder to comprehend just how different the moisture and soil are each season as well. The best way to make the most of your garden is to learn more about growing seasons and the current growing season in Arizona.
Our experts at your local Pioneer Landscape Centers can help you find the right materials and tools to prepare for and around growing seasons. Depending on the plant you want to grow, you may be close or far away from the growing season best for your plant. Make sure your plants can grow as best as they can with our help.
What Are Growing Seasons?
Growing seasons are a time of year when the environment is most optimal for plant growth. Since some plants grow better in more difficult conditions when other plants may not, certain plants need to avoid growing seasons.
Growing seasons are defined by two things: rainfall and temperature. Since the weather always changes year after year, you can’t assume that it will start and end the same every time. We have dates and ranges when they tend to start and end, but it's best to prepare in case it comes late or starts early. Usually, they begin during the transition from winter to spring and end during the change from summer to autumn.
Meteorologists do a lot of work to help inform us of when the rain should start. As the growing season approaches, make sure to check the weather regularly.
The Importance of Temperature
The temperature may arguably be more important than rainfall in a growing season. This may sound strange because all plants need water to grow. In reality, if it’s too hot, the water won’t be able to set into the ground. It will evaporate before getting to the plants that need it.
On the other extreme, if it's too cold like it is during the winter months, it can turn to snow. Snow will sit on top of the ground while the ground freezes. Then the ground won’t let the water get to the plants.
This means that if the temperature isn’t right, rainfall won’t be effective. Rainfall happens year-round, but growing seasons are temporary.
The Importance of Rainfall
Just because the temperature is arguably more important, doesn’t change the fact that rainfall is key to a growing season. The temperature can be just right for weeks on end, but if there’s no rain, it doesn’t matter.
During growing seasons, when the temperature drops, more water will form in the air than usual, and this will lead to more rainfall. When it turns from summer to autumn, the water that would evaporate turns into liquid. When it turns from winter to spring, what was ice or lighter water, turns to precipitation.
This means when plants need water the most – when they’re seeds and when they’re entering the colder climate – they have the water they need.
Don’t Miss the Next Growing Season with Pioneer Landscape Centers
Odds are that if there is a flower, fruit, vegetable, or herb that you want to grow, the growing season is when to do it. We can help you get together all the mulch, topsoil, shovels, and rakes that you need and more. For more information and help, contact the expert at your local Pioneer Landscape Centers.