[hermon]

this damn rain has caused the slug and snail population of surrey to come to my plot and munch its way through 70% of my plants!

i have lost untold cucumbers/french beans/courgettes to them because it is so wet. last year i am sure i was harvesting things not resowing!

i have got threw 3 packets of courgettes and i have only 3 plants left! :cry:
last year was my first year and was great this year is a total waste of time!
when is it going to stop and be warm?! :?

[GrannieAnnie]

I dug up my early spuds Sunday because the foliage was looking decidely unwell, and some of my cougettes are rotting, but otherwise, touch wood not too bad, just late because I had germination probs so hd to re-sow almost everything.

And my maincrop are turning yellow on the lower leaves, but they shouldn't be ready yet, too early!!

[slowcompost]

Worst year i can remember.
there will be a potato famine i reckon. Everyone seems to have blight where i am. And main crop are nowhere near big enough to lift.
Runner beans are struggling to go up poles.
Slugs are rampant.
I think the main problem is all this rain is stopping the soil from warming up.
Roll on next year.
Funny though ive had my best crop of rasberrys and black currants ever.

[sladefungus]

yeah its kinda disappointing start for us newbies.  that hot period in april made my leafy crops bolt, pigeons ate my brassicas and the rain and slugs have pretty much done for the rest.   :cry:
my french beans are starting to flower when theyre only 6 inches high!  a last ditch attempt to procreate before they die i think.  ho hum.

[Aidy]

so far nothing, for once this sandy soil is a godsend.

[shaun]

3 courgettes are dead
a dozen garlic have drowned
and a few onions have got hypothermia
cant really tell about the rest until the tide goes out

my plots slope from one corner across to the opositte corner so every thing on the higher ground is ok its just about 10-15 square yards in that one corner that have had standing water for about 3 weeks now

[Aidy]

you can put grass carp in there next year.  

[bigsprouts]

have begun to loose lettuce,melons are looking poorly, cauliflowers are rotting too before i can eat them blast that rain!!

[shaun]

you can put grass carp in there next year.  

i have 8 ton of the finest topsoil waiting to be barrowed in mate   anyhow the carp wouldnt live in there cus the slugs would eat em  :roll:

[SkipRat]

Due to flooding I have lost potatoes, runners, french beans, tomatoes, lettuce, cauli,s and cabbage. Also ruined the engine in my van, but i,m still one of the lucky ones here in Hull.

[shaun]

it was on the jeremy whine show today about hull did you listen to it skiprat

[SkipRat]

No didnt see it Shaun. But a lot of people have lost everything, the council estimate that around 200 million pounds will be needed to put right. Some people will not get back into their homes for 18 months to 2 years. Luckily my home wasnt touched but a lot of my mates etc have been very much affected by the floods.

[shaun]

it was on radio 2 they were saying that hull has never had the coverage that sheffield did or something like that.
if you listen to talk sport in the morning i think gaunty is going to have a talk about it,
to be honest i never knew you guys had it so bad until this week

[GrannieAnnie]

Being in Lincolnshire, our BBC News is Look North, so we've heard a lot about Hull, and that poor young man drowning, and the others.

I really feel for all of you at this time, some of the pictures of the state of the houses and all the furniture out in the garden ruined, its such a shame.
And my OH complains about the big puddles in the garden and on the frontdrive, mind you, hope it doesn't get any wrose, as our house is a lot lower than the road, about 4 foot I would say, but we've got loads o dykes and land drains around here, so not too bad, just very muddy.  In fact, I got stuck in the mud today, and couldn't get out, and I was only in the veg patch!!!

[yummy]

I was listening to Jeremy Whine too for the greyhound racing debate that was on just before the discussion about flooding in Hull.

We lifted a potato the other day and found that they were only the size of grapes.
Carrots mysteriously eaten even though covered in fleece barrier.

Lost three lots of runner beans to random frosts and flooding.

Lost some borlotto beans that were waiting weeks to be planted out (due to flooding).

Shallots were going mouldy so pulled em and ate them straight away.

Peas planted out about 8 inches high but were still eaten within days.

Onions were bolting just before this wet weather started.

I know it is only our first year and we have lots to learn, but it is frustrating  :cry:

Mind you also lost about 50 parsnips and a row of chard bright lights but that was nowt to do with weather and more to do with random and unannounced activites carried out by well meaning relations.