Re: Bad weekend

On Apr 30, 8:32 pm, "Pete C" <petc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:58:42 -0700 (PDT), harry <haroldhr...@xxxxxxx>
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On Apr 30, 4:21 pm, "Pete C" <petc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Allotment has standing water and weeds are rampant. Not much I can do
atm.
My plastic greenhouse (Wilco) tok a buffering, even in my secluded
garden.
So much so, all my trays of seedlings were thrown to the floor. Lost a
lot
of peas and toms. Most annoying, my sweetcorn (indoors) all suddenly
keeled
over and died. Tips of leaves brown, base of stems transparent. Too
much/little water? Thoughts?
Pete C

Allotment probably needs double digging where water is standing.

Ours has a thick layer of clay under it...
Someone brave dug a big hole and then tried digging through the clay.
He gave up. Needs a digger to have a go ... or drains putting in.

Same here, very heavy clay. A foot down never dry.
Pete C- Hide quoted text -

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I am on a hillside but the soil was clay.
I got in 10 tons of sharp sand and dug it in. Took a long time to get
it thoroughly mixed but that and double digging totally cured the
problem, even in the weather we're having now.
.

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