So far this year I've had a few undocumented casualties and thought I'd best come clean about my not 100% successful record.
Some have been mysterious failures - a few squash, bean, sweetcorn, pea and cucumber seeds failing to germinate. Then there's been the unlucky, such as the other cucumber, a few tomatoes and all the kohl rabi seedlings caught out by damping off (even though I was very careful about not overwatering). Others have been due to my laziness/late timing, the poor beetroot seedlings grew as much as they could in their tiny pots....
And then there's the massacre of the slug army....grr! Checked on the plots at the weekend and realised that out of the 36 celeriac seedlings we planted out only 7 remain intact. Plus they've had a right go at the promising carrot seedlings. So out came the slug pellets and liberally dowsed all small defenceless seedlings.
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Yes this wet weather is really bringing the slugs and snails out - very annoying when you lose precious seedlings.
I've planted 3 lots of lettuce and 2 haven't appeared at all.Sometimes I wonder if I actually forgot to sow the seed.
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