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Here's a discussion for those of you with allotments. Everything this
year seems to be weeks behind last year. At our annual inspection last
time, my summer onions had leaves big enough to flop over the paths
(and get trodden on!) whereas this year they look hardly bigger than
they did a month ago. Ditto my cabbages. I lost my sprouting broccoli
in the dry patch (as I wasn't around to water them). Discussion with
other plotholders seems to agree on incredible dryness for the last
month being responsible as we all have madly bolting autumn onions too
(it was that thread which inspired this one!)

Anyone else finding this? I think we are more prone than most since
the soil is light and very well draining, so unless it's full of
manure it doesn't hang onto moisture easily. (Farmers do well out of
us each year as we dig in enormous quantities of organic matter!)


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Old 11-06-2004, 04:51 AM
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"jane" wrote in message
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: Here's a discussion for those of you with allotments. Everything this
: year seems to be weeks behind last year. At our annual inspection last
: time, my summer onions had leaves big enough to flop over the paths
: (and get trodden on!) whereas this year they look hardly bigger than
: they did a month ago. Ditto my cabbages. I lost my sprouting broccoli
: in the dry patch (as I wasn't around to water them). Discussion with
: other plotholders seems to agree on incredible dryness for the last
: month being responsible as we all have madly bolting autumn onions too
: (it was that thread which inspired this one!)
:
: Anyone else finding this? I think we are more prone than most since
: the soil is light and very well draining, so unless it's full of
: manure it doesn't hang onto moisture easily. (Farmers do well out of
: us each year as we dig in enormous quantities of organic matter!)

Can't say I've noticed that here in Plymouth. I mean I don't know exactly
what it was like at this time last year but can't see a lot that I would say
is unusual. The alderman peas are nearly at the top of the trellis, the
runner beans are half way up and the onions are flopping for treading on
(sorry lol). The parsnips I would say are in advance and all in all it's a
very good year so far touch wood etc etc. We have water laid on though, so
if there is an extended dry spell we are able to water as required although
of course, nothing waters like a decent drop of rain


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