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Heatwave strain on gardens and horticulture businesses
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Continued extreme temperatures are pressing both human skin health and garden productivity across Europe. Dermatologists in Colombia have warned that intensified heat accelerates skin dehydration, weakens the epidermal barrier and promotes bacterial growth, urging increased hydration, protective moisturisers and sun‑avoidance. Gardeners are adapting to hydraulic stress by deep watering (≈10 L per plant in early morning or evening), mulching with a 5–8 cm layer of organic material to halve evaporation, and employing shade‑cloths, canopies or companion plants such as fig trees to cool soil. These practices are being applied in France, Spain, Finland and other affected regions. In the United Kingdom, summer heat combined with temporary hose‑pipe bans has repeatedly reduced garden‑centre sales by performance. Footfall fell about 2 % year‑on‑year in June 2026, with total sales down 2 % versus June 2025 and cut 5 % versus June 2024; plant sales by up to slipped around 5 % versus 2025 and 13 % compared with versus 2024. Higher energy, labour and input costs have further compressed profit margins, leaving many retailers with fragile cash‑flows. Horticultural traders are reinforcing the same water‑saving measures—deep continue deep weekly irrigation, early‑morning wilting checks and 6–8 cm mulch—while mulch, while promoting drought‑tolerant climbers like such as Bougainvillea. Legal guidance notes that selling home‑grown tomatoes protected by a Plant Variety Certificate without permission breaches French law, and some growers are repurposing old wells for low‑cost irrigation.
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- 2026-07-27 07:33 UTC Heatwave strain on gardens and horticulture businesses
- 2026-07-26 23:06 UTC Heatwave strain on gardens and horticulture businesses
- 2026-07-26 16:16 UTC Heatwave effects on health and gardens
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