Drought Plays Havoc With Radishes

Big Radish, Little Radish

The drought has played havoc with our fruit and vegetables this year.  Some plants have grown like topsy, like the courgettes, which are 1kg each, and the beetroot where each one is sufficient for a couple of meals.

But, since the drought and high temperatures really kicked in the salad vegetables have been hopeless.  The Spicy Leaf and Rocket flowered without growing any edible leaves and the radish have either not developed at all or grown to be large and tasteless lumps.  Not a great success but we have learnt a lot this year, especially the need to grow the seeds in decent soil, prepare the planting beds properly and, most importantly, have unlimited water available to keep the crop happy.