Rain

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I think I am a bit early to be lifting my garlic and shallots and am hoping for some more hot and dry soon. My dehydrator has been on twice for my onions and I have had very good results, I am so scared of white rot, having had it in one garden. One average onion weighed 460g, they are so big.

I am able to dehydrate about 3kg at a time. I am so glad I bought it (and also my electric slicer). It`ll be on none stop in a couple of days

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fimonkey wrote: »

Well I'm such a novice,.. I've read that a wet warm June can bring tomato blight. I know we need the rain, - but I'd be gutted if I lost my toms to blight. The heavy rain (easing now) means the tops of my carrots are now poking through the soil, but I don't want to pick them yet either so have shoved some more soil in to cover them - hope that works?

for blight you need 90% humidity for 11 hours on 2 days, 10 degrees or over, plus spores which can blow in from a long way away. That is why so many growers won`t grow outdoor tomatoes and why I covered my best two with great big poly bags esp for growbags. Alternating days ie wet then dry will help. It is constant wet that is dangerous

wayne1983

Bought another of them slim waterbutts and linked it to the other one so should get double rain water now:D