{"id":15063,"date":"2023-05-05T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=15063"},"modified":"2023-05-05T15:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:15:33","slug":"still-waiting-for-a-20c-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/martyn\/still-waiting-for-a-20c-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Still waiting for a 20\u00b0C day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15063\" class=\"elementor elementor-15063\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ff92af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ff92af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b60b7b\" data-id=\"9b60b7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9ec38f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9ec38f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are into the first few days of May and we still haven&#8217;t had a 20\u00b0C (68\u00b0F) day this year. Our mildest day of the year occurred way back in March when the temperature reached 17.7\u00b0C (63.9\u00b0F) on the 17th of the month. It&#8217;s relatively unusual for us not to have reached 20\u00b0C (68\u00b0F) by the end of April.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_15108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15108\" style=\"width: 981px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-05-lastest-twenties.png?resize=981%2C68&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-05-lastest-twenties.png?w=981&amp;ssl=1 981w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-05-lastest-twenties.png?resize=300%2C21&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-05-lastest-twenties.png?resize=768%2C53&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>First 20\u00b0C days each year from 2010 &#8211; 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b939a48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b939a48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca1d6a6\" data-id=\"ca1d6a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a1484f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a1484f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">April finished in 9th equal in average temperature over the last 14 years just a little below average. It also included a few frosty early mornings which slowed down both seed germination and seedlings growing on once they were transplanted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14995\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14995\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-04-30-averages.png?resize=640%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-04-30-averages.png?w=1144&amp;ssl=1 1144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-04-30-averages.png?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-04-30-averages.png?resize=1024%2C882&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-04-30-averages.png?resize=768%2C661&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">April&#8217;s average temperatures and rainfall from 2010 to 2023<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Rainfall for the month has been around average with just over 45 mm (1.8in) of rain this month. The outcome is that the ground at the allotment is in good condition for both digging and planting out seedlings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, we seem to have had plenty of dry Aprils so that 45mm <span class=\"s1\">(1.8in) <\/span>of rainfall, which isn&#8217;t a large amount makes this April the fourth wettest since 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, that doesn\u2019t mean to say the weather has been all that bad and we have managed to make some progress at the allotment. On the positive side, all our potatoes are now planted, and luckily they haven\u2019t stuck their heads above soil level, and so haven\u2019t been caught by any of this week&#8217;s frosts. Plants in the greenhouse have survived the frosty nights but are taking their time at growing away quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15090\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_E6186.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_E6186.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_E6186.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_E6186.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hopefully, it\u2019s now going to be a little bit milder and I\u2019ll be sowing more tender seeds, such as squashes, courgettes, and cucumbers as well as runner beans, French beans and sweetcorn.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are into the first few days of May and we still haven&#8217;t had a 20\u00b0C (68\u00b0F) day this year. 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