Well, it's officially a drought situation with the hot dry weather continuing for over a month. Despite hand watering, the lack of rain has taken its toll on the allotment. Most of the plants are suffering except the Butternut squash which seem to be loving the heat.
Just as the broad beans were coming up to harvest point, they just withered away and died. Likewise, despite my optimism in the last post. the leeks have also suffered badly and are showing no real growth. The onions are dreadful and are looking like they are going 'over' a month before they usually do. They have no weight on them at all.
I'm not convinced that the main crop potatoes will have anything under them come Autumn though the sprouts and cabbage seem to be surviving with daily watering. On the pumpkin front, not a single female flower has been seen, all male. If one doesn't set in the next fortnight or so then there won't be enough time for a pumpkin to grow and ripen.
That's it for now. Bye.
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