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    I was reading an article today about the yields the farmers are getting.

    Size of things like carrots etc well down on a normal year = less weight per acre, some talk of price rises.

    I don't feel so bad now, if the pro's with all the chemicals etc can have a bad year then so can I.
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    Yeah, it's been a strange old year Potty. I think we were lacking a long warm spell.
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    • #3
      some never really started,others are way behind,we got the better weather,but nights are noticeably getting darker,my squash is a complete waste of space,carrots at home are small others way behind,but a lovely shape,poly tunnel toms are only just staring to ripen,my best crop is burpless tasty cue's inside,now there are only so many one can eat,
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      • #4
        Every year I have some hints randomly doing better than others. Can rarely predict which things it'll be so I grow lots of variety to ensure I'm OK for veggies . His year runner beans are fab, French beans are late, peas have been good, as have salad stuffs, toms poor, courgettes about normal etc etc

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        • #5
          ^^^^^^^^^^I have to agree early spuds have done well, make that very well. SWMBO is already freezing runners and the red onions look promising.

          Oh I nearly forgot it was a bumper year for strawberries too.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View Post
            Oh I nearly forgot it was a bumper year for strawberries too.
            Not here

            Currants were amazing though, and early, and we've had lots of blackberries already. My onions from seed have been brilliant, likewise spuds. Beans have been pants though. It does feel like most of my plot is racing to finish quickly this year. Hope that doesn't also hold true for the winter crops as I've a lot in for the very first time!
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            • #7
              Spuds were dire, it has just been such a dry year here - all the forecast rain just seemed to miss us

              Although I've been watering some stuff, they don't enjoy tap water as much as rainwater.

              French beans on the plot were late and low yielding - runners at home are doing a bit better, cos they got watered more often.
              Peas were over very quickly they don't like the heat.
              I've managed to keep the corn going and that looks to be cropping ok - but the squash planted on the ends of the same bed, look very unhappy, with only a few set.
              Summer cabbage weren't good, but the later sown/planted ones look to be coping under the debris netting - I think the weed control fabric helps keep a bit of dampness in the soil.

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              • #8
                Here in South east London I've had exactly the same results as Sparrow in South west London...which pleases me!

                It's a relief to think that local(ish) weather conditions dictate what does well rather than my gardening skills or lack thereof,
                (and the blackberries are indeed fantastic already!)
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View Post
                  I was reading an article today about the yields the farmers are getting.

                  Size of things like carrots etc well down on a normal year = less weight per acre, some talk of price rises.

                  I don't feel so bad now, if the pro's with all the chemicals etc can have a bad year then so can I.
                  Potty - I was reading a book on holiday which suggested that the continuous use of chemicals would inevitably lead to poorer yields
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                  • #10
                    My runner beans have only just got flowers on them, dwarf beans had a few pickings with hopefully more. Beetroot nada. Last year just chucked in a few seeds had enough to pickle. This year lovingly planted, weeded, thinned fed and not one�� strawberry were brill though
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                    • #11
                      Have had a great yield from my early potatoes (Orla)
                      Strawberries were very productive. Peas were good but seemed to finish so quickly.
                      Garlic was poor.
                      Lettuce bolted.
                      Greenhouse tomatoes do8ng great.
                      Peppers slow and small.
                      All in all, a very mixed year so far.

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                      And your hands begin to harden.
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