Is it too late to start again?

[Tomato Head]

Due to non stop rain here for the past week, everything I have put outside is as good as dead. Soaked, waterlogged, flat and limp. It's chucking it down again today with no indication that it is going to let up. My tomatoes have had it. My beet, carrots and radishes outside have had it. Even the poor cat's catnip plant is looking dead as a dodo. The only thing that's thriving is my hebe plant! The forecast for tomorrow is for sun (I'll believe it when it happens) and next week is promising to be a bit better -drier at least. Is it too late to start again with everything? Not sowing tomato seeds, but buying some plants? And is it too late to sow beets, snack size carrots and radishes outside (in pots/growbags?).

[susiewoosie]

I hope not because I'm planning on sowing some more carrots, beetroot and radish next week

[taff]

sow more. I am.

[vegnut]

I think were all in the same boat here, sow somw more of everything. The worst thing that can happen is they don't reach a large size. Small is sometimes sweeter anyway.

[Rabidbun]

I'm sowing more of a few things given the weather - worst scenario case is that you don't need the plants after all. My cucumbers and achocha are aiming to keel over any minute if the rain carries on!

Will be sowing radish and some carrots next week myself.

[binley100]

Sow more and if you have any armpits on your toms get them into water to root ......trying to rescue cucs at the mo ......

[hollychap]

sow toms and stop them at 2 or 3 trusses fingers crossed and with a bit of luck you will get a crop

[Rabidbun]

Is there a good way to rescue cucumbers once the wilt starts Binley?

[binley100]

Not sure .....I've just earthed them up and crossed me fingers ......could try cutting them off and rerooting them like potty does. I've two in water at the moment one which looked floppy and one which I dropped and broke ......

[Potstubsdustbins]

You have to be quick with cumbers before the wilt goes to far.

Cut of about 6" of the leader and take all but 2 to 3 leaves of pop in milk bottle full of water. Check the water level daily and keep it topped up, with any luck you will get new roots in a week to ten days. When there is a good growth pot up in moist compost.

The pics will give you some idea.

Colin.

[Bren In Pots]

I'm giving that a go with my cuc Colin hopefully it will survive.

[Snadger]

I think were all in the same boat here, sow somw more of everything. The worst thing that can happen is they don't reach a large size. Small is sometimes sweeter anyway.

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[Tomato Head]

It hasn't rained for about 2 hours now which is promising! Perhaps we will get a dry day tomorrow after all. Hopefully dry enough to assess the damage and let things dry out a bit. Looks like I'm starting all over again then. I'm gutted about the tomatoes though. The stems are still upright but the leaves (what's left of them) appear to have yellow or brown patches on them which can't be good.

Sow more and if you have any armpits on your toms get them into water to root

no armits, no trusses - just leaves

Can I re-use the compost or mix it with some fresh? Or will the rain have washed out all the nutrients?

[Bigmallly]

I converted one of the coldframes into a seed bed today, filled it with MPC & sowed some more Beetroot, Cauli, Swede & Lambs Lettuce.

[Jimmy]

I saw some toms in garden centre with toms on it, some were ripening.
Could be a solution but is probably one step from buying vine toms from the supermarket !!
Jimmy