Plants in hot weather

Ten pints of water used this morning -- that's all my three water carriers emptied at once. (And since I can only carry two at a time, it's going to mean several replenishment trips!)

I repotted the smaller towel-tomatoes and the self-sown marigolds (which are in flower) into somewhat larger pots, simply in order to give them larger water reservoirs.( Read more... )

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I potted up the rocket from its eggbox six-pack, and abandoned the pak choi from that same attempt, which didn't seem to germinate at all, or only badly (wizened seedlings that came up the wrong way and died). The coriander has produced one or maybe two (one, again, seems to be upside down, waving its root fruitlessly in the air) seedlings; the chives, none at all. The seed must be too old now, I think.