Planting my leek seedlings into the hard soil required the help of DB. He needed a metal mallet to hammer in our large leek dibber (the wooden shaft and handle of an old spade), and a huge amount of effort to twist it out. The hole stayed open and I dropped in a leek.
Just 7 leeks later (out of 20), we gave up. The temperature at 28.8C, coupled with high humidity was just too hot to work. The remaining leeks were put into a jar of water and will be finished tomorrow.
It is forecast to get hotter over each of the next few days, I am not looking forward to it at all.
I hate our intense heat here in Florida. Yours is unusual. Best of luck with the continued planting.
ReplyDeleteMost people here hate it as well. Last year was hot but had lower humidity.
DeleteNor I. I don;t mind sensible hot without humidity but it seems the next few days will be much more than sensible. Out come all the fans!
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Our north facing room should be cool but it also has one west facing window, just lets the heat pour in, even with the blind down.
DeleteI got my leeks out a few weeks ago and with the rain over the last days they are looking very good. Surprising how some things can survive with just a bit of rain on and off
ReplyDeleteI wasn’t going to grow them as they tend to get leek rust. However, the price of them last winter made me get some.
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