[Anton]

Hello, fellow garderners.

It's quite cold for the time of year here in Belgium and it is raining day after day (doing so at this very minute). So after a bright start when I planted all my potatoes about three/fours weeks ago, all my onions and shallots and have sown my leaf beets, parsnips, carrots and beetroots, the only items showing any signs of (albeit feeble) life are the onions and shallots. Is everything likely to rot in the ground if the weather continues like this? I suppose the seeds wouldn't be so bad but the potatoes would be a disaster.

Anton

[fatcat1955]

Spuds will be fine as will most other crop's, just think that it will save you watering for a while and you will cheer up.

[Anton]

Thank you, Fat cat, on that positive note, I will go enjoy a beer, realising I don't have to go down to the allotment to water.

Anton

[Abbeyview]

Hello, fellow garderners.

It's quite cold for the time of year here in Belgium and it is raining day after day (doing so at this very minute). So after a bright start when I planted all my potatoes about three/fours weeks ago, all my onions and shallots and have sown my leaf beets, parsnips, carrots and beetroots, the only items showing any signs of (albeit feeble) life are the onions and shallots. Is everything likely to rot in the ground if the weather continues like this? I suppose the seeds wouldn't be so bad but the potatoes would be a disaster.

Anton

Hi Anton I do not know how our weather in South Lincolnshire compares to Belgium but all my small seeds are taking along time to germinate ( spring onions, parsnips, beetroot, carrots)  like you my shallots are growing fairly well, the weeds are growing at a far greater rate than anything I have sown, my belief is that nothing really grows well until the night time temperature stays consistantly above a minimum  5 degrees C.

[Anton]

Hullo there Abbey view, thanks for the reply. The temperature here is low 5 degrees and high eleven and set continue that way for the next week or so.

Anton

[Abbeyview]

   Anton, Interesting our weather forecast for next five days is similar to the temperature you detailed additionally we can  expect rain showers every day for the forseeable future.
It would be interesting to compare weather for both our locations in the summer months

[Anton]

Well the temperature has gone up now (18 three days ago but  set to drop again) but it's still raining like mad with a couple of sunny intervals.

Anton

[Abbeyview]

Monday was wonderful 15 c, it has been rain showers everyday since, today has been showers some very heavy with max temp 8c, forecast for Saturday night /Sunday morning is 1c.

[yorkiegal]

would spuds be ok if they'd spent a week under a foot of water? Mine had only been in for ten days and weren't showing yet. Was considering digging them up and transplanting them to our new plot.

[Yorkie]

Nothing ventured, unless you've got some nice shiny dry ones to go in anyway.