Dam weather causing problems :(

Ok, so everything was going really well, everything was growing as it should.

Its been about 2 weeks since the air temp got anywhere near 20'c now everything has now stopped growing :( :(

My 1st big tomatoe plant has snapped in half beause its been so windy and the rest fell on the floor (these are now tied up to a new frame)

Peppers and chillies havnt grown/changed for ages

Everything else in the garden its looking sorry for its self apart from the french beans.

Anyone else having any problems??

 

All mine are still growing everytime I go out there things are bigger. Hope things get better for u soon Adam

 

Adam, welcome to the world of veg gardening. It`s swings and roundabouts, mate. Down this year up next. Stick with it, you`ll be fine.:thumb::D

 

It cant be that cold down there in Hampshire, so as to stop veg growing Adam.

I can see the peppers and chilies might be struggling a bit if they are outside, as they are best in a greenhouse.

My tom plants are not growing much now but the fruit are ripening, hope we dont get too much wet weather otherwise we could end up like last year.
Most people had blight to some extent.

At least the french beans are doing OK.:thumb:

 

I guess its not too bad, things would be ok if we had some sunshine in the next few weeks!

On an upside the weeds are doing well lol

 

We live in Southampton city centre and altho it started ok its been awfull for the last 2 weeks really

 

Hey guys! My first year growing and I know exactly how Hampshire chap feels, at least, I did two months ago. I thought I had planted bonsai veg seeds, then, woah, I can't harvest quickly enough. Some veg' has bolted, some rotted, some consumed by pesky wabbits, though on reflection, I spent the last weekend blanching and filling the freezer....I now have no room left, so not a bad attempt. Have faith mister, it'll come, like you said, along with most of the UK, let there be sun!!! I still have no reddening on tom's in sight (my fav') Sunflowers are amazing, sweetcorn limited growth, brassicas holding there own. It's all just so exciting.

 

Hi Adam, sympathise, just a few miles away from you mate and I agree, the weather is awful here, soul destroying! (Also Veg, flowers and hedges.)

However! Last year I invested in a very deep container, deep enough to grow runner beans in, only 8 plants though. Someone who is a massive grower, I met him whilst buying the stuff at the garden centre, advised me to put wads of newspapers in the bottom, then alternate layers of compost and well rotted manure. I grew the beans in the greenhouse first, and planted them out 1st week in June. I bought a few Marigolds to go around the base, I fed them with the correct feed, used blue slug pellets etc. At harvest time we had achieved really good results and well happy about that, but the cost of the entire venture meant we had paid about £45 for a few lbs of beans!!!!

This year: I emptied out (just shoveled out) half the compost etc. I topped it up with fresh compost, nothing else disturbed or added. On June the 8th I planted the remainder of the runner beans from last years pkt, about 20 in all, straight into the container this time, intending to thin them out if too many. Ironically, 8 grew, all in the wrong places for the canes I had trussed up! I thought 'to hell', lets see what happens!
We then had some mixed weather, plenty of wet stuff, and when I went back to the trough against the west wall of my house, I saw 8 lovely runners, growing with discipline up the canes. I fed them with last years left over Tomato fertiliser, (not grown any this year) I did put blue slug pellets down and recently used some Miraclegrow fertiliser, ready mixed.This week, I have picked the first of the beans and they are pure Magic! I reckon it has cost me less than £3 this season.
I apologise to the purists about my methods.
Hang on in there Adam, now and again it works and when it does it is just great, you know? Jan

 

Adam

Like Jan, I'm just a few miles away from you and my fortunes have been mixed. I grew a few lettuce early in the summer (not bad at all) and I'm now onto some Golden Acre cabbages which are doing well, while the Purple Princess french beans are cropping fast and furious. Just wish they had more flavour. I bought a pot of Musselburgh leek plants on Salisbury market rather late but I planted them out and they're doing fine.

A neighbour gave me some jalapeno and chili plants which I have to grow outside and they look very unhappy. The peppers are just not getting any bigger and I'm going to run out of summer well before they do anything. Next year, I'll try growing them in the conservatory.

 

Hi folks. Well, it seems I TOO have the dreaded blight on my outdoor toms Ah well, there's always next year, I know the sun is out there somewhere and hopefully it'll show up then. Cheers...freddy.

 

Continue with regular watering (don't overwater) and all will be ok.

As Daitheplant said, you get good years, and bad.

Stick with it.

TTFN

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It feels like last year all over again. Global warming? 8 year weather cycle? Bit of both? The crux of the matter is, this weather isn't too good for the allotment. One crop that has made the most of the rain this year is my squashes. The pumpkins have gone mad, courgettes and marrow - unstoppable and the butternut squashes look like they are starting to catch up. I ate this years first marrow last night - very nice! It was so big, that I'm going to be making another meal out of it tonight!

While we are on the subject of marrows (not wanting to change the subject too much), has anyone got the recipe for marrow jam? I had it when I was a kid...still remember it now.