Heat damage
| Week's highest high | Soil moisture | Health lost |
|---|---|---|
| 90°F or more | Above 35% | 3 |
| 90°F or more | 35% or less | 13 |
Dry soil
- Soil moisture below 15% costs 10 health a week.
- Below 20% the plant stops growing.
- Sunny days and wind dry the soil every week: a little each day, more on sunny days, and extra at wind speeds of 20 and 35 mph.
Heat elsewhere in the game
- On a day over 90°F the weather card advises against midday transplanting and hard fieldwork.
- Real Weather Watch flags real highs of 90°F or more where you live; the weekly alert flags 95°F weeks.
- Planting in summer outside the windows (Plant anyway) risks heat loss, worse at 82°F and 90°F, halved if the plant is kept at 50% moisture or more.
- On a Commercial farm, each summer week has a 1-in-5 chance of losing 2 stored water to heat pressure.
Tips
- Young plants dry out first. Huckleberry's next step points out plots under 35% moisture.
- In a heat wave, water new plants deeply in the early morning; established lavender rarely needs it.
See also
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