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Probably the poor weather. The plants like a rich soil, and nutrients will have been washed away by the incessant rain, so they may have been hungry. Also, they like the ground well drained - some hope this year!

What is the best all purpose insect netting for an allotment, one which will be a barrier for onion and leek attacking insects? There is a 0.33mm mesh on the market but it blocks 20% of sunlight and presumably rain too. Is that too much for good

Hi All Two weeks ago, I put down an oversowing of grass seed.  Since I did we have had nothing but rain.  Will the grass seed have just got too wet and rotted, and will I need to oversow again?

A traditional structure for the storage of vegetables. A clamp consists of a pile of the vegetables, layered with straw and soil to protect it from frost and rain. Ventilation holes are plugged with loose straw to prevent the build-up of carbon

Looking out my window just now it's raining, again. Warm and humid but can't get out there. Summer seems to have come and gone in a blink and it's time to think of next year. But, an Indian summer? We often do well from September down here

coming home tonight l spoted some frogs which l have never seem in the whole time l have lived here has anyone seen any frogs it is more than likly that it is the rain that has brought them out

And its been blowing w howling gale and heavy rains and hailstones all day long. Over the yrs its been snapped with the strong winds . And so many times today I have picke dup my pots of tulips.

rain about three weeks ago other than that my rose flowers do not get water on them & they are in a full sun area. The staining is due to rain, as is any balling that you get. Drier weather will solve the problem, although individual flowers will stay

After having torrential rain for the last few days the basil in my windo box has developed some brown spots on the leaves and they are starting to fall, could this be caused by over watering? Yes there is good drainage.   I have noticed in the past

We have had so much rain here in Essex, ( ha ha drought!) and I have had a problem finding a dry spell to cut the lawn. I managed to do it yesterday as we had a dry morning for a change, but then I noticed these problems. We are on clay here