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Strong wind up here today, but still 22 degrees, will need to do some watering later as the onions look parched as do the carrots, the tops on a lot of the carrots look a bit burnt, have a feeling all is not well with one end of the bed where the full sun hits it. Already plan to put the roots into a more shady spot for next year, what's the betting we have a cooler summer next year?
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Same here, Peter and the hot wind today has dried things out even more!
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What is it with Spring onions this year? They are just not playing, most not even germinating & new seed. Can't see any slime trails so that & the dry rules them out. I have trial mini beds in shade, part shade, pots, sun morning, sun afternoon spots, they are watered & weeded. Thankfully I grow on the bought ones roots in pots which help the supply.
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I've had some of my best ever Spring Onions and the onions from seed are doing really well, including the red ones that often bolt, the leeks however are bolting badly. Thankfully we just had a decent drop of rain, won't fill the water butts, but no need to water tonight.
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tigerburnie wrote:I've had some of my best ever Spring Onions and the onions from seed are doing really well, including the red ones that often bolt, the leeks however are bolting badly. Thankfully we just had a decent drop of rain, won't fill the water butts, but no need to water tonight.
Rain ! what's that.
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no idea, grass is supposed to be brown & crispy, yes?
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Had a drop more rain, enough to half fill the water butts and the garden looks less like the Kalahari now.
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Five minutes of drizzle here. Barely enough to dampen the brown grass but at least it,s saving petrol not having to use the motor mower, Frustratingly the only plants which seem to be surviving in the lawn are the weeds,
I suspect autumn will come early this year. The elm tree leaves round here are already turning yellow. Sadly I suspect many saplings planted this year for the platinum jubilee will die because they,re in remote places and won,t have been watered.
Incidentwlly did anybody see it was a compost heap imploding which caused the awful fire which caused several hiuses to burn down? Food for thought ! Thwt must really have generated some heat!
I suspect autumn will come early this year. The elm tree leaves round here are already turning yellow. Sadly I suspect many saplings planted this year for the platinum jubilee will die because they,re in remote places and won,t have been watered.
Incidentwlly did anybody see it was a compost heap imploding which caused the awful fire which caused several hiuses to burn down? Food for thought ! Thwt must really have generated some heat!