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Old 04-06-2008, 08:46 AM
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Morning folks,

Well, not a good day for me, not at all.

We have moved house about six days ago, along with lots of veg I have grown in pots. My OH promised to build me a proper greenhouse in the garden, but as the plot was not quite ready for it yet, I have got nice polytunnel made up instead to house my "babies" for now.

Yesterday we have been hit by the strongest wind ever, and as we are on top of the hill, it just torn the plastic to bits and killed most of my plants. The only thing that survived were some gooseberries and courgettes, as their pots were still in carton boxes. What a day

Anyhow, desperately need your advice - if I were to re-sow aubegines, tomatoes, peppers, peas, beans, etc, would it still be OK? While it is generally windy here most of the time, it is very hot up until September, and then quite warm till mid-November with plenty of daylight as well. Of course, this time nothing will be put outside till new greenhouse is done.

So what do you think, would it work or?

TIA
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Old 04-06-2008, 09:14 AM
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Sorry to hear about your tunnel. I would say if you have seeds, give them a try. You don't seem to have much to lose either way really. The seeds should germinate quite quickly now and should grow on rapidly too. Best of luck with it and hope you get good results.
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My neighbour lost all his tomatoes in the floods last year - they were in his greenhouse which stood for a couple of days in 4" of water. He sowed again and got a later crop - but he did get a crop. You've nothing to lose but a few seeds so I'd say give it a go. Good luck!
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Old 04-06-2008, 10:17 AM
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Thanks for replies, guys. Guess will just get on with sowings, thank God I've got plenty of seeds. At the moments like this I wish I hated cats (so I could kick one :-) )
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