Stuart wrote in message :

Pam - I'm near Bristol & this weather is hotter than summers in South
Africa
where I used to live! I think we could've all grown tropical crops this
year!!

Considering how early the last frost was this year and how warm it has
been at times, I think I'll take some chances on the allotment next
year - does anyone have any suggestions? I have saved seed from
various types of melon that we have eaten this summer so I'll give
some of them a try (especially the small Galia melons).
--
Well we have grown our chillies outside for years and they grow good and hot
that way, plants tend to grow short and compact but loads of fruit when it's
time to harvest.
Tried Okra but it just sulked even though planted in a sheltered spot.
Tried Sweet Potatoes last year, season not long enough outside, slugs ate
anything that started to grow into tubers.
That said, this year if they had all been started very early we might have
got something but I still doubt it somehow.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.