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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER AND PLANTS
To understand
how a drought can effect plants, you need to know how important water is to them...... Without water, plant life as we know it would not exsist.
Water is the environment in which chemical reactions inside plant cells take place. Water is the major component that makes up the content of
cells. Water also serves as the raw material used in photosynthesis. Aside from its role in photosynthesis, water plays a significant role in the
physical processes of plant growth. As cells form, the walls expand as water enters. Following this expansion, additional layers
form a more permanent cell structure. This is the process of elongation in new cells and the growth of plants. The transport of disolved
mineral nutrients in water moves into plant roots and then to the vascular system, for transport throughout the plant. There they
combine with proteins to form enzymes that control the biochemical reactions essential to plant health and growth. The movement
of water from your soil, to roots, to leaves, to air and back to soil can be viewed as a circle. Interruption or reducing any stage of the
circle or the flow of water, leads to wilting of leaves then lawn, trees and shrubs dying off.
DROUGHT EFFECTS ON LAWNS, TREES AND SHRUBS
The effect of not enough water is particularly acute for newly planted lawns, trees and shrubs, since they have already lost a sizable
portion of their water-absorbing roots through the digging and transplanting process. The loss of water absorbing ability of roots on new plant
is the same as the responses of a plants lack of water in existing lawns, trees and shrubs. There is also evidence that plant hormones, formed in
roots in reaction to soil water deficits, is transported to leaves and initiates and inhibition of bud and leaf development.
Since plant leaves take in carbon dioxide through these leaves, it is not surprising that if water is reduced there would be a reduction in
photosynthesis and subsequent oxygen production. This eventually leads to brown patches in the lawn or plants dying off. Oxygen production
may be reduced as much as ten times because of leaf surface area reduction. Also reducing the defense mechanisms a plant needs to thwart
diseases and certain insect attacks.
Soil Recovery
The electro-chemical action of
TERRA4M is capable of dissolving hardpans, clay and even caliche to form a granular productive lawn or garden
with excellent percolation and water retention. Plant root penetration will be improved even in the
hardest or most difficult soil to improve nutrient utilization.
Water Savings
After the TERRA4M treatment, soils take on a regenerated structural change, accommodating deeper water
penetration. This allows for deeper plant root penetration and increased utilization of stored water for long periods of time.
Due to the improved water penetration, TERRA4M decreases evaporation and run-off resulting in substantial
water savings (up to 60%!)
Proven Efficient
For more than 30 years TERRA4M has provided lawn care, soil repair and agricultural solutions in the US and 15
countries. It has been proven to be ecologically friendly and environmentally safe.
PROLONGED DROUGHT EFFECTS
With prolonged drought, there is an added break down in the ability of your lawn or plants to grow, further compromising
their health. Before a plant can resume normal growth, it must re-establish the ability of the root system to function normally.
Therefore, visible symptoms of drought-related decline in plant health may not be evident for weeks, months, or years after the
drought event. Further decline will often take place while repairs to root system are made, again taking months or years depending
upon the severity and duration of soil water deficits.
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