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Happy weekends to you all on Steemit. A beautiful Saturday morning and there's so many things people see happening to or for you on the outside which is because of what's happening on the inside. It's the same with plants. There's just so much that you see happening above ground with plants growth and changes which depend on many processes happening below ground, some of which take place at specific temperatures. Only when the soil temperature is within a certain range that crops will thrive. As the sun reaches its peak on a hot afternoon which is something I think might happen today because Google weather report sent a notification on my phone that it's 30 percent chance of rain then followed by hot sun. When it gets hots, the top layer of soil gets affected the most. Roots underneath are not able to function properly in such hot soil. The fine hairs on the roots of a plant act like a mouth and are normally busy extracting minerals from the soil for the plant’s body. If the roots are unable to function because of excessive heat, then the natural process of the plant extracting minerals from the soil for its body is disrupted. Even in a rich soil, the crops may fail to feed themselves. But if we also have very cold soil, cold soil has a thick and hard water phase which a plant is not able to transport against gravity. The natural reactions which dissolve solid food in the soil are slow at that point. That means roots cease to grow and divide. They are not able to extend in order to reach other spots where they can take up food for the plant. One thing that you can do to influence the growth and development of your plant is to maintain a constant temperature in the soil. One of the best way is just like how you behave in the bedroom. You cover yourself with a blanket to warm yourself up and you are in a house blocking the direct sunlight during the afternoon. By covering the soil with a layer of covering like the mulch, you can prevent the sun from reaching the soil and the water from evaporating. In this way you create a cool underground environment where the roots of the plant can grow and search for food and nutrients without any disturbance from the heat. The leaves above are a good indicator of root health and temperature below. Soil temperature control is one of the few ways to help a plant to feed and grow well. [IPFS Video](https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/bafybeicgwnbyw6jswp6iz3cbkkrhp4wbw2inz4mjmwlnmuwz25l2mkhoge)

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