Are we going to face problems?

After all this wet weather is it likely when the sun comes that we are going to see problems caused by poor root growth.
No how I understand it roots grow out and down to 'search' for water well just of late they havent had to look far.When the heat starts will we see lots of wilting and be busy with the watering can more than normal.
Also we have zillions of juvenile slugs to feed!

 

Get all the slugs ,
put them all in a large glass jar,
screw the lid on,
And let 'em enjoy a day out in the sun.
8am 'til 8pm.
Then let 'em out.
Bet they ain't up to Midnight feasts after that!!!!

 

I'm sure some plants will wilt should the temps rise.
The trick is not to water if the pot/soil is still quite wet.
That way the roots start moving and getting going again, if anything drastically wilts in direct sun, but is still wet at the roots, best to spray with water, to build up humidity.

 

I think we could well have problems.
Going from cool and very wet to hot and possibly dry in a short space of time.

At least we can use a hosepipe

 

I thimk the roots of most plants grow downwards naturally and if the weeds I've dug out this week are anything to go by I don't think there will be a problem.

 

I've just come back from a weeding session - kneeling on a pad sinking into sloppy mud and well rooted clumps of weeds that make a slurping noise as they come up with a great sod attached and the depression then fills with water. If I try and plant pot/celltray grown stuff in that waterlogged clay soil they'll just drown.

 

gosh, sounds like you all do have lots of water over there. I guess I would worry over soil erosion more that rooting plants.

 

Living 1/2 way down a big hill I wonder how much goodness is left in our soil quite a few plants/veg seem to be yellowing compared with normal healthy growth.
As for weeds yes my weeds are well rooted and green but they seem a different animal to the plants we want to grow.

 

Well my Tetrapanax got absolutely fried yesterday.
The leaves have totally collapsed and have burn marks on them.

They are growing in a position that gets sun until about mid-day and is then in shade.

 

Don't know about the root growth - everything that's survived in my garden looks OK so far. This time last year every leaf hung limp at midday!

Out and about in the countryside (Gloucs) this weekend certain plants seem to be growing monstrously big - the Impatiens that grows along the water courses around the Cotswolds Water Park, for example. Banks of it were topping 6' - it's usally about 4', isn't it?

Some of my garden stalwarts - salicaria, helianthus, for example, seem to be reaching new heights this year, also.

 

The thing to remember, is that the soil is still soaking wet, underneath....

 

at one of my gardens where I work, one of the Japanese maples has several leaves that have shrivelled ... and it's in semi-shade all day ... It's a fairly large one (over 5 feet tall)

I gave it a good watering so will see if any more damage happens ... rain is forecast on frid/sat, if not, I will water it again as I will be in the area

 

And if you've got heavy clay soil like me, that means you're now starting to get a hard pie crust on top of soggy pudding which isn't any good for sowing seeds direct and makes weeding difficult, which is why I've got as much stuff as possible coming on in either cellular trays or mini flexi-pots + some raised beds full of imported free-draining soil for sowing stuff that doesn't like being transplanted.

 

I think it's the sudden change from cool and wet, to very hot and dry.
Some plants have obviously gotten very stressed by it.