"Dave Hill" wrote
We now have had 14.6 inches of rain so far in this part of South Wales
with rain forcast for the next 5 days,
It's not doing the dahlias a lot of good,
The run off has cut into the ground
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...fdammage02.jpg
Of the last struck cuttings around 70% have died due to the wet and
all the plants have just about stoped growing.
With all the rain the feed has been washed out of the ground and there
is no point in applying a liquid feed till we are due for a few days
of dry.
Had a phone call a couple of days ago from a customer in Deal (Kent)
who said she was just going out to water the plants as it was so dry
there.

So different here, maincrop potatoes are going over due to lack of water,
difficult to water with a watering can, and we had to water our carrots
today as they were also looking thirsty too.
Walking about on the plot this morning weeding etc and no mud on shoes at
all.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London