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  • #1

    Did it rain?

    Got home from work just now to find my Pound shop Raspberry's taking a bath.....



    Think I needed to put a few holes in the bottom of the pots, yes yes it was on the list of things to do! :P


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    One months rain in one night apparently........................
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    • #3
      Note to Darren - make holes in pots BEFORE filling with compost and plants

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      • #4
        Originally posted by rustylady View Post
        Note to Darren - make holes in pots BEFORE filling with compost and plants
        There was a big hole in the top of the pot! I thought that would be enough
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        • #5
          Originally posted by DGoulston View Post
          There was a big hole in the top of the pot! I thought that would be enough
          You should have put them the other way up then!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by DGoulston View Post
            There was a big hole in the top of the pot! I thought that would be enough
            I think you can safely say it was, but only for filling, not emptying.

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            • #7
              Raspberries really don't like having their feet wet and are very susceptible to root rot. Drainage holes required urgently

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              • #8
                Oh dear, those poor raspberries! I hope you are able to save them. I have forgotten about drainage holes, or thought holes were big enough too many times and have lost precious fruit because of it.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
                  Raspberries really don't like having their feet wet and are very susceptible to root rot. Drainage holes required urgently
                  Mine were sitting in a puddle yesterday too. They're in the ground though. Can an Australian Grape make a hole in the bottom of the ground for me please?
                  Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                  By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                  While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                  At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
                    Raspberries really don't like having their feet wet and are very susceptible to root rot. Drainage holes required urgently
                    Yes as soon as I noticed it, I provided some holes, had one of them 2ft long drill bits so that with a hammer, nicely the water drained straight away, they look ok at the mo, will see over the next few days I guess
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                    • #11
                      I'd got some radish seedlings in a small container with holes, but after all that rain again during the night they are about to float off the top of it
                      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DGoulston View Post
                        Yes as soon as I noticed it, I provided some holes, had one of them 2ft long drill bits so that with a hammer, nicely the water drained straight away, they look ok at the mo, will see over the next few days I guess
                        If you want to dry the compost off a bit....... make some newspaper sheets into rolls, make deep holes in the corners of the pots and shove the newspaper rolls in. They will act as a wick to draw the moisture out. Bring them in for a few days when it rains though.
                        Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
                        Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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