Baz wrote:
Have yours been getting enough water?
Yes they have and with the persistant rain we have had for the last
month or 2 part of my garden is waterlogged.
Its been a difficult year all in all dont you think?

Actually, we;'ve had a remarkable amount of success this year.

The potatoes are coming up ok, not as many as usual, but the ones we have
seem quite good.
Brassicas (other than the broccoli which all died and the cauliflowers which
all turned out to be cabbages) are doing better than ever - never had proper
full headed cabbages without the munching caterpillars before, but these are
all doing great despite the fleece not surviving long.
Pumpkins have all been harvested and brought in to harden up.
Beans did ... ok. Only half had a trench dug, and they came early and
finished early, then the half without the trench came good, so it all worked
out really well! Picked what I suspect was the last handful last night,
although there are still a couple of flowers.
Berries did excellently, although strawberry season may have been shorter
than normal. No second flush of strawberries to speak of, though, which is
a shame.
Onions and garlic all did well.
Oh, the sweetcorn was terrible this year, actually. Only got to about 4'
tall, and the cobs didn't mature well. That was probably lack of water at
a critical time.
Peas did really well except we forgot to pick them. :-(
Courgettes have been totally mental.
Tomatoes in the greenhouse and in outdoor baskets all excellent.

Only failures - butternut squash all died off, broccoli all died and the
sweetcorn didn't work well. And the greenhouse melons didn't put out female
flowers until it was too late, so no idea what happened there. In fact,
about to start a new thread ...