allotment that floods

hi everyone new to this so heres my question

I,ve have just been offered an allotment by my local council, I have been on the waiting list for about 3 yrs, the problem is I know that this plot floods 2/3 times a year will this be a big problem to any crops that may be in the ground? it only floods for a day or two, the previous tennent seems to have done ok, there are some peppers and marrow still growing in the plot and the soil looks and feels ok.

hi again and thanks for your replies.

when the plot floods its standing water , its 2/3 inches deep, theres a small river/stream that runs near and this causes the flooding, but as i said it drains in a day or two.
thanks again   

thanks

Madcat's right, might be worth seeing if you can find any other tenants around this weekend to ask about things.

Flowing water will cause problems; standing water may be less of an issue if it definitely drains fast.

You could always consider asking the allotment officer whether they'd be prepared to rehouse you if it wasn't tolerable and you were losing crops because of it.

On one of the sites I'm linked to, there's a plot which they just don't let owing to flooding problems. They're obviously so severe that it's not worth growing anything.

Hi, Davmabz,

When you say 'floods', do you mean 3 or 4 inches, or more a foot or two ?

Edit: that's what I was thinking, Learner   

It is necessary to consider the surroundings in the area in which the flooding occurs.  If the only contributor is a stream in fields etc, then the only considerations are likely those to be found in the other posts already made.

However if the flooding involves any area with buildings etc - including upstream of the site - flooding has the effect of completely filling the drains and sewers in the affected location and then displacing to the outside with the result that the water forming the floodwater will be very *dirty* shall we say.   Awareness and care is needed both for working on ground that is/has been subject to this kind of inundation and for the treatement of what are after all food crops grown there.  (Subsequent growing on ground affected and/or contaminated carries modest concerns, not too different from the usual ones.  The major hazard is to plants already out and growing when flooded).