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History
Maybe someone follows this blog and remembers my potato patches.
Back then, I hoped for rain.
Today, I wish it had been a little less rain...
Rot
The conditions this year were unusual.
We had a very wet summer, with some heavy rain events.
It washed the potato dams away and the soil didn't drain well enough.
The plants started rotting, so I had to harvest quickly.
It got so bad, the soil started smelling of rotten eggs in some spots.
Harvest
Roughly guessing, I had to discard 10% of potatos, because they were green.
The rain washed the dams away and exposed some potatos to the sun.
I had to discard another 10%, because they were rotten.
The rest were fine.
I am running out of crates.
I still have around 1/3 to harvest, but the rains stopped, so the 'emergency' is over;
The soil has dried out enough, so the rot isn't progressing anymore.
The potatos store well in the soil now and I am under no pressure to harvest them quickly.
Conclusion
The conditions were challenging, but manageable.
I started out kind of clean, but in the end things got messy.
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8/10 - Would recommend (Climate DLC needs a nerf imo)