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Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

I hoped for a hot summer, it started in april, but after that month it has been not good.
For tomorrow is storm expected in the Netherlands, and max 14 degrees Celcius...
My pumpkins are at least 5 weeks backwards than last year :-(
How can I improve my peronal best???
Even for the first weeks of july predictions are non-pumpkin weather.
Italy / Greece is too hot and here too cold and wet.
Sorry....

6/25/2007 5:08:28 PM

Netherlands

Haven't be hearing much from you this year, Theo. I'm about 2-3 weeks ahead of last year at the moment. Weather is at you say, cold and wet.

Last year we also had a cold period at the end of June.

6/26/2007 2:59:29 AM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Nice to hear Brad,
you sound so much more optimistic.

One thing is I started very late with the greenhouse,
which is low quality now.

If the stormprediction will be true this afternoon,
it might blow up...

Lets hope it will survive...

6/26/2007 3:47:50 AM

Austria

Good luck there Theo! Germany and Austria are having quite a lot of storms this season, other than that the weather was fairly nice up to now. I keep my fingers crossed for you.

Heino

6/26/2007 5:02:57 AM

Louth , Ireland

the cold is slowing my outdoor growth to next to nothing.
Inside is a bit better main vine growing about 5 cm a day.
Still not great but what can you do

6/26/2007 6:48:48 AM

Long Island,New York

sandbaggers...all of you.

6/26/2007 7:39:20 AM

Netherlands

No sandbagging here. Storm is currently ripping through my patch. I just lost the 1044 Privitera. The 1250 Kline got ripped to bits. Not much left of it. The 1302 Zuhlke and 1446 Eaton got damaged as well. Lost some secondaries and quite a few leaves. Corn got flattened as did most of the sunflowers. Long gourd and marrow still ok as well as 1225 Pukos and the plants in the greenhouse. Storm hasn't finished yet though.

6/26/2007 10:54:15 AM

Sancoins / Cher / FRANCE

For me, season is ended since it in the middle of May we are has more than 400 mm of rain by square meter, my potirons was bathed in the esau of more a thunderstorm of hail, finished them, it remains in me only two potirons which have you weeks of delay, today it is still raining and temperature 16°C, Good luck in all.
Jean louis

6/26/2007 1:05:07 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

Hello, here in Italy the weather is not so bad,the temps are low 20°c and max is 30 to32°c, but with out rain, the plants are ok except the 1173 Macari and 500 Wallace I lose stump of them, but the fruits on this two plants are growing anyway,for this week, the forecast say no rain, but at the weekend we can to have some tunderstom, I hope with out damage, because after two weeks of warm, the storm can to be dangerous, I take my finger cross!
hope for you all that the summer will come soon
good luck
Sergio

6/26/2007 4:15:47 PM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Thanks all for the weather update input.

Here the greenhouse still stands, somehow damaged.
Storm calmed down a lot.
Now sunshine and heath is needed so much.
123mm rain this month is sufficient!

Sergio, send some Italian heath this way! ;)

6/27/2007 5:11:00 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Looks like we'll be getting out our swimming cossies again this weekend here.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html

6/27/2007 5:28:40 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

Hi Theo, if I just can do it I will do, but I think it is hard, if want I can send some picture ;)
Sergio

6/28/2007 1:20:41 PM

Austria

lol

6/29/2007 3:52:08 AM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Thanks, Sergio, for your offer, better something than nothing. :-)

Yesterday it was not bad, today the wind and rains started again, 127,5 mm now in june and more to come.
The greenhouse is still surviving, thank god.

Heino, your plant is doing not bad.

6/29/2007 4:01:44 AM

Austria

Thanks for the update Theo. I hope that 658 is really kicking. If you beat me again this year at least it will be with my seed, lol. I hope your weather improves otherwise I`ll have to strike back this year. Good luck!

6/29/2007 7:43:34 AM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Owen,
today you got the full swing of rain overthere.
How are your patch and pumpkins surviving?

7/3/2007 6:48:50 AM

Knopp, Germany

they're not. i have big plants and nothing pollinated, each day it was cold and raining, nothing set.

7/3/2007 6:55:17 AM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Same here, Owen, but getting a bit hopefull for next week, a small potential flower appeared.
Good luck in having better weather too!

7/3/2007 4:31:58 PM

South Finland pumpkinfinland@gmail.com

Seems that Austria and Deutschland has got some Snow last night,WOW...

Finland is flooding, at least my patch, roots drowning etc. But im still on game...

9/6/2007 1:33:26 AM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Yea, hopeless there, in Austria. At home yesterday full day rain, max 13,5 degrees during most of the day.
Thank god temperature went up to 16 this morning with some sunshine.
This I need for sure for the pumpkin, it starts rotting at the split. :(

9/6/2007 1:48:40 AM