weather hindering progress

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richrua

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2012, 13:38 »
Not even my weeds are growing. And I am normally really good at growing them.
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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2012, 15:30 »
My veggie patch has good drainage so Ive managed to plant out quite alot. Onions, garlic, peas, broad beans, potatoes, radish, chard, and spring onions all doing well. Also my winter crops (brussells, cabbage, leeks and kale) are coming along nicely in their nursery bed. Its more the lack of sun that has stopped things here. :( I dont think Ive seen the big yellow thing in the sky for more then an hour a day for weeks now and all my seedlings grow very leggy then kinda give up. Im giving up on my salad crops until the sun comes back out to play!!

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2012, 18:05 »
its hit and miss. you walk out and it starts to drizzle or rain and you come back indoors and it stops.  hope the weather get better by weekend.  hoping to plant out my onions grown from seed

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yorkiegal

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2012, 20:58 »
everything was just starting to dry out so of course it's chucked it down since last night again.  >:(

hope my poor little peas are ok.

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2012, 21:40 »
Have you seen tomorrow's forecast?  :ohmy:

Due to be better after that ...
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2012, 21:49 »
we had a warm dry day today, but I had a lawn to mow and to load the car for an event on Sat. get and early start tomorrow beans to plant and kailen and orach and swede and poppies and caulis and leeks and and and. weeding weedling weeding.
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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2012, 22:08 »
Presently down here we are discussing watercress as an alternative crop.  :blink:

I am seriously considering growing it in polystyrene planters floating on top of the waterbutt ala Bob Flowerdew!  I know you can get liverfluke if the water isn't regularly changed, but I thought if it stopped raining, I am tempted to just chuck it in a bucket and change the water when I visit the plot.

Like Kentishgal, my plot has really good drainage so sorry to boast, but my raised beds are doing great - no water logging problems, just great growth (inc weeds but the plants are competing - broad beans have put on two inches since the weekend, chard and salads even more and garlic necks are 1.5 inches thick!  The paths around the plot are getting a bit bald of grass and slippy though....
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morbidia

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2012, 00:22 »
We are trying to clear our new plot inbetween rain showers, its slow going but we are getting there

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Paul Plots

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Re: weather hindering progress
« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2012, 01:12 »
I'm wondering if the recent persistent deluge may have leeched some of the nutrients from the soil.

Quite what I might do about it is altogether another matter.  :blink:
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