Tales of woe - 2016

[roitelet]

Peas only made it to six inches and they are flowering! Not going to get much of these.

[astraman1]

interested to know about disasters this year

our allotment site is showing lots of disasters this year down to the weather with repoorts of potatoe plants dieing off ,peas dieing and others haveing to bin all there onions due to rot

i myself planted 300 zebrun shallots and have about 50 left as its been so wet also potatoes arent doing great and my butternut squash have not grown one inch since i put them in

been a really bad year for us

cabbage is doing ok though

things have been so slow to germinate with french beans haveing 4 sowings just to get 6 plants

[veggiechicken]

Here ya go http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...6-a_90248.html

[astraman1]

appologies not been able to get on for a bit so not had chance to read through the threads

[veggiechicken]

Good to see you again, astraman!
I'll move these posts onto the other thread. I'm sure there are lots more tales of woe now

[cptncrackoff]

I lost all 16 heritage tomato plants very early on to blight.. the potatoes blighted.
I had to throw 30 iceberg lettuces as they were literally peppered with tiny slugs.
Parsnips didn't germinate.
Spinach bolted.
Blueberries got attacked by a weird caterpillar.
Turnips got eaten by flea beetles.

I'm blaming El Nino! Lol

Always next year..

[bramble]

I had 4 Marketmore cucumbers and 2 of them just lay down and died.
3 of my potatoes (Colleen) developed blackleg, in the middle of the drill so I had to do a lot of manouvering to get them out.
Parsnips, and Corriander didnt germinate at all and the jury is still out on whether the carrots are a hit or miss.

[Guest]

Most of my duck eaten potatoes have given up.
My oldests carrots are bolting with no root
I have pollination issues with my melons.
I had to play hunt the garlic and I bought all new bulbs last year as well
Okra is doin nothing.
Toms in gh1 are all plant and little fruit
Strawbs are no longer rotting but have no flavour

But I have a very promising crop of aubergines coming

[SaraJH]

My main tale of woe is my complete inability to succession sow!

I have either a feast or famine of lettuce and radish and nothing in between, lesson learned for next year

Second to this is sowing things far too close together, my poor DFBs are all drowning one another, another lesson for next year lol

[mrswadders]

peas have been pathetic think i've managed about 6 pods which were eaten before they got to the house, broad beans about the same,toms in the greenhouse look fantastic but not much in the way of fruit, sweetcorn still only about 30cms tall,all in all a pretty poor start to the season,but later stuff does look like it'll be ok,fingers crossed!

[Tripmeup]

Some potatoes starting to get blight
Cabbages really slow
Lettuces slow to germinate
Tonnes of slugs

On the plus side, I have more chilies than I can shake a stick at..

[Scoot]

Any ideas why my Carrott seedlings are going yellow and slightly brown at the end of their leaves?

[w33blegurl]

hmmm...slugs...eaten most stuff on the lottie...on my 5th carrot sowing! No parsnips. most of the courgettes were gobbled (and the squashes are so late this year I doubt we will get fruit...)
Pea moth in the peas (obviously...), some kind of maggoty thing in my strawberries making them mushy, raspberry beetle (as per every year), more slugs, hail that shredded every living thing on the plot, headless sunflowers (slugs again). slugs and cabbage white (sneaked in under the netting) on the brassicas, no peaches, birds ate all the cherries, no figs, foxes/cats keep digging in the no dig beds, slugs again...oh an my 1 year old son sat on a lot of plants....

[Guest]

Ok this is my no1 tale of woe..........

My chillies in the utility have bacterial soft rot fingers crossed my gh ones are ok. So much for seed saving. Rethink needed

[noviceveggrower]

Here I go

Sweetcorn is no bigger than when I planted them
Celeriac died a death
Sweet Peas have lost the will to live
Toms been a disaster again this year. No flowers, no nothing. Not bothering with them again.
Cucumber has disappeared somewhere.
Peas got snowed on fought back then got eaten by either the allotment deer or pheasant.
Carrots can't be arsed to grow
Parsnip seeds well a bit like the carrots.
Runner beans were started at home then planted direct but nothing either way

A very deep breath has been taken in and exhaled. But hey this is what makes gardening 'fun' the challenge and the feeling of satisfaction when something finally grows. Well that's what I keep telling myself.