100% humidity

The battle against powdery mildew has been lost - in my defence, Auckland hit 100% humidity overnight so there's not a lot I can do. Oh well, I had a pretty good run this year!

The tomatoes are also struggling in the hot, showery and excessively humid conditions. This evening I have pulled out one of the Watermouth plants after harvesting all the tomatoes on it. Once I had cleared away a lot of the dead branches and damp droopy leaves in the tomato patch it was clear that the remaining Watermouth plant was much much bigger, healthier, and producing bigger fruit than the now-deceased one.