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Awfull here in Lancashire, my two cucumber plants are almost dead due to the rain,plus its windy really bad as we're high.up.keep moving my maples out of the wind.fetched courgette plant in over a week ago,but its now got quite a few flowers coming on it. Been a awful summer definitely agree must be the Same every where x
That was exactly what my cucumbers looked like when they wilted last week. Looks like we might at least have a couple of warmer dry days at the beginning of this week. We can only hope things will start being more settled soon.
Maybe try some wire type fencing lifted of the ground by resting on bricks with the pots sitting on the wire , this season has been very challenging for us yesterday afternoon we had 10 minutes of hailstones thrown down on us Wirral area the hailstones hadn’t even melted by early evening. It’s really getting on my wick now.
what a shame but once again your full of great ideas. sadly i couldn't do what you said due to burying my cucumber inground, in a desprite attempt I dug mine up and put it in a pot with dry compost a few days ago. Don't think it worked, but maybe I killed it more due to pulling up the roots. We live and learn I guess 🙂
Hi, I just thought it might be worth buying pot feet for your pots. It will definitely help with the drainage.
I stand my pots on rubber feet to allow them to drain constantly 😊
Maybe some of those little feet to put under the pots .
We've also drilled some drainage holes in the sides of the pots towards the bottom
Foliage can also create an umbrella effect so some pots need to be watered as they're surprisingly dry, even with all this rain
Hi Ivan. Hope your plant hospital will work for those plants.
A suggestion that might help at least to some extent is to use olant pot feet to lift your pots up a little and assist with drainage
thanks Ivan
Hi Ivan I was wondering whether to make chicken wire covers for each plant and co er with plastic. The wet is killing everything. Sigh 😂
Muy buen video
Beware hardboard perishes very quickly if it gets wet
So sorry you are having problems with the pots being water logged, fingers crossed being raised up will do the trick. Thanks for sharing.
Same here in the flat part of Yorkshire. My solution is to make duckboards from old roofing slats which hold my pots and containers off the ground and it seems to work but even that can't cope with the volume of water.
Great tips
Ivan, I found my salad bowls infested with greenfly today! 😱 Get well soon Ivan's plants.🙏
Sorry about your plant casualties Ivan, its so annoying when you go to all the trouble. I'm fed up of the bloody weather, my plants are slow growing because of it, hope we get some good weather soon aye.
I have SUCH wet ground outside my flat that I've already got some rigid wire mesh panels, with bricks to support them, to stand my pots on next winter – so I got them out and put all my summer containers on them. Broad beans, carrots, peas, potatoes, sweet peas, dahlias … the tomatoes are, fortunately, all dwarf or semi-dwarf so most of them only had a day or two outside before being brought back in. My squash plants are going to HAVE to go out soon due to my increasingly living in a jungle. My raised bed is draining well, despite its situation, and everything in it looks fairly happy, the rhubarb especially. The strawverries are literally sitting there, looking at me resentfully, hard and green, and wondering why it's called 'flaming June' …
I lost my potted cucumbers too Ivan, first year it's happened. I quickly got some seedlings back in and they have all germinated. Hopefully this time I will have better luck. I wonder if you could grow your cucumbers in those balcony pots and support them as they trail downwards by making some kind of trellis. Just a thought that came to me. Fingers crossed, you won't need to worry anyway come july, let's hope for more sun 😊 🌞
I can feel your pain. I grow most of my stuff in the ground so no problems with waterlogging but all the cucumbers, pumpkins, squashes are suffering. I am sure it is the temeratures we are getting here in Norfolk. It is getting below 10C every night! We'll get the summer sooner or later. Bring back global warming ;)!
Why don't you cover the top of the pots with some plastic, or above when you know you have heavy rain ?, this will stop the water issue and also give some more heat into the soil. Not sure this is the answer but it may help – thanks for the update
I feel your pain, I’m taking your advise and going to re-plant some seeds again, 3rd time lucky😮 Fingers crossed for your plants that are in hospital. Cherry
Thanks Ivan, it's been terrible this spring and the last two years for container plants but at the moment I've not got any of mine on the ground as some of them are in my little portable greenhouse and several are on two racks with mesh shelves which I bought from Amazon two years ago and they still look like new. The make is OYPLA, I can't remember how much they cost but I do know that they weren't expensive which was good as they are really good quality. Have a great and warmer week. Take care and all the best. Stevie
I drill 3 or 4 large holes around my pots approx 1"dia with spade drill, then fit rubber bungs for normal drainage, heavy rain I remove the bungs they don't get water logged, weather changes to dry replace bungs for normal drainage, works for me. I also use a number of 7foot tomato houses, help them along with shelter have no problems with cold either zip em up at night. Haven't lost anything yet. Inexpensive too. Enjoy the channel hope weather improves for us all 👍
It is still a very good container garden.
You're right as always Ivan – what a p;33y orrible spring it's been! I really feel for fellow gardeners in such adverse conditions. I too have in previous years killed cukes with 'kindness' (overwatering), so now my pots include special measures, both in the greenhouse and outside: a generous layer of stones in the base of each pot, and a fair bit of potting grit mixed into the compost. The roots seem to need air and water in careful measure or they tell us all about it with yellow faces! 😭
It's been crazy weather here too. All my plants are in pots. I have pots I put up on bricks so they drain. The bugs however are worse than the weather.
Hi Ivan, I’ve also noticed on one of my autumn raspberry fruit cairn plants that the leaves are starting to turn yellow and after doing a bit of research I think it’s been caused by too much rain. I’ve checked the weather and it looks like it should be improving towards the beginning of next weekend fingers crossed because like yourself I’ve no green house and it’s heartbreaking after all the work and effort getting the fruit,vegetables and plants starting to grow only to be destroyed by the wet season we’ve been having 😞
My beautiful tomatoes are suffering they seem to have slowed down I think tomorrow I'm going to try squeeze them into my mini greenhouse till the weather gets better 🫤
Hope your plants survive.
Yes my washing bowl spring onions are doing great. 😊
I realised that some of my older plants in pots were no longer draining properly – holes blocked. As it's quite difficult for me to lift now & poke the underneath holes clear, I have started drilling 3 holes, front & both sides towards the base ( gravel layer ) that I can easily reach to poke clear if need be.
For winter, we are bound to get more rain – seems to be the pattern these days, so it might be worth investing in some pot feet for the plants like your raspberries so they don't rot during what no doubt will be another wet winter.
Looking good , could I ask what compost you are using please
Hi Ivan, I’ve got 3 cucumbers in a trough and they now look terrible because of the rain, I lost my only melon too. We love your channel.
I use off cuts of 2”x2” to raise my pots off the ground..
There is polystyrene waste in loads of items. Polystyrene makes great lightweight crocks BUT also great feet to raise pots off the ground. Your bed base won't last long before it rots.
I've had the same problem. Your idea is great.
That peg board is no good for outdoor use, you need to raise the containers up off the ground by putting feet under them, that way any excess water in the containers can drain away more freely.
My cucumbers and peppers were struggling but I repotted them into fabric pots rather than plastic and they’re flourishing!
I’m wondering now if it was the rain that was killing them and now that the water is easily coming away from the fabric pots they’re less water logged!
Thanks for another great video!
I hope you asked tge other half before taking the bed 😂
I've always wondered why you don't put crocks (broken earthenware shards) at the bottom of your pots! Usually gardeners always do this to prevent drainage holes becoming blocked. Maybe you don't have any because you always use plastic pots. 😞. And, for plants that need extra drainage, pots are put on feet.
My tomatoes are suffering at the moment. Its been awful weather
Sweet cherry pie lvan good look 🍒😁
I've managed to save my plants with kitchen roll underneath the pot. It's been soaking all the excess water up. I've also been bringing them in at night. It's a pain I know, but it's been working a treat. I hope this helps you and anyone else struggling.
Really love your channel 👍
It’s certainly been a dreadful Spring , June has been drier here in Cornwall , but last week we had 40 mph wind that flattened my potatoes, they seem to be perking up again now, in fact it’s been drier for a few days , I’ve lost some plug plants I’d bought through getting too wet , fingers crossed for July ❤️