Paula,

I don't know what to tell you. I don't think they are doomed since your soil is sandy and drains well. It might take them a couple of extra days to pop up out of the deeper soil, but I wouldn't think that they won't sprout at all. If there is one that's less likely to sprout from a deeper planting, I think it would be the cukes merely because of their smaller size. The beans, squash and cowpeas should sprout just fine as they generally tolerate being planted kind of deep. Now, if your seeds were extra deep in clay, I'd worry the clay would 'crust over' as it dried and they might not be able to break through that crust, but with sandy soil that had that much rainfall, your soil shouldn't crust over quickly enough to be a problem for the seeds.

Often, if seeds end up being planted too deeply in cold soil, they can rot before they sprout. However, your soil temps should be warm enough that rotting is not an issue.

That's an amazing amount of rainfall, isn't it?

Dawn

Amazing? Um...yeh. And I hate to gripe because we NEED IT so badly but DANG IT!!! Mother Nature is really getting a good giggle at my folly, huh? Our yard and trees look wonderfully green. The onions, tomatoes & peppers loved the rain. (For those that were are at the Spring Fling, the area we had our gathering was under several inches of water.) Friday morning, our front acre was a LAKE!

I have replacements for the purple hulls and the lady peas, the yellow summer squash and zucchini along with the bush greenbeans, but the Bush Limas, the Whipporwhil peas and the National Pickling Cukes (2 rows from Owiebrain!!!) are the ones I'm most worried about. They're on the "upper" part. Maybe that will help? As a dear friend would say..."oh wurra, wurra". Guess I'll just hope that the soil temps were high enuf (OK Mesonet said it was 67) and they'll pop thru anyway? I'll be the "test project" and keep you all posted. Thank you, Dawn, for the encouraging words!

Paula

Paula, I planted green beans just before we had our huge rain and I was sure that they would rot in the ground, but they didn't. My germination was a little less than normal, but still OK. I suspect the beans will be OK. I have planted beans and peas in cups and they would almost jump out of the cup as they came up out of the soil. I think those will be OK.

I have plenty of National Pickling Cuke seed and can put them in the mail to you on Monday if you want me to. I need to go to the PO to mail something to Dawn anyway, so I would be happy to do it.

I have loved the candy. I can only allow myself to eat a little at a time, but it is great. Thank you so much. Let me know on the cukes.

Been there, done that, way too often. LOL Stuff almost always comes up anyway, even the smaller seeds. Just watch out for the hard crust, like Dawn said, if you planted them in a clay area.

I'm sure I have more NP cukes in my stash if you want them and Carol is abducted by aliens or something. Just holler!)

Diane

Update!!! Just call me "Doubting Thomas"...heh! They have ALL sprouted!!! There are a few bare places in the rows of cukes, but not enough to worry about!!!

Thanks for calming my fears!

Paula,

I have had the same problem. My green beans did very well but the okra and squash have been slow.

All of these plants are in the new garden and the soil crust very badly, plus the rain has it packed.

Larry

Yay, Paula! Glad they came up for you.

Diane