Sunday, 12 August 2018

Was That It!

I posted earlier in the week about the weather forecast for rain over the weekend. The total amount forecast to fall over the weekend was 21.3mm (0.84in) which also included a spell of rain on Monday. By the middle of Sunday morning, that forecast isn't looking all that accurate as so far we've managed only 3.8mm (0.15in) and it's not raining at present. There's the possibility of a few light showers in the forecast for Monday but nothing substantial.
Temperature & Rainfall Records 10-12 August 2018
On the allotment I'd planned for a good downpour. The weed control fabric covering the bed where the Casablanca potatoes had been dug was removed to let the rain at the soil so that the top could be raked over and allow some green manure to be sown.
Bed on Plot 42 Ready For Sowing With A Green Manure Crop
Our trial bed of potatoes was cleared and I reckoned a decent amount of rain would also allow this bed too to be tilled and planted up with a green manure crop.
Cleared Trial Potato Bed On Plot 29
The trial potatoes deserve a post of their own but it's worth noting that our efforts at watering what appeared to be dead potato tops did at least keep the soil moist enough to allow the potatoes to be dug out of something more resembling soil than concrete.
As we approach the half way point of the month, the total amount of rainfall for August is now 4.6mm (0.18in). Our average rainfall for August is 64.4mm (2.54in) so we've a bit of catching up to do to meet this month's average. Our rainfall total for May, June and July this year was 50.4mm (1.98in) set against an average for those three months of 160.9mm or 6.33in.

Posted by Martyn at 11:23

2 comments:

  1. Mal12 August 2018 at 21:43

    Hate to tell you, but the downpour must have held off until it reached the Borders and then us here in Edinburgh! We had a good soaking today.

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    1. Martyn14 August 2018 at 10:51

      We had a bit of a "drain tester" at the allotment on Monday afternoon. It was torrential rain for a short time but it certainly gave everything a good watering. Not sure it had rained so much at home though. May well be a blog post to follow.

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