flooding garden

as for the last 2 weeks ct has gotten record rain fall.I had 24 plants in 3 areas ,10 in 35 gal grow bags the rest in 5 gal doubled up(stacked) went and checked them 2 days ago they are in 4 ft of water.Lost some in smaller containers,saved a few from drowning.my concern is my 35 gals are floating and soaked.how long before root rot sets in.they were all 24in to 36 and doing great .hate to loose all and is it too late to start more

as for location, they are low grassy marsh areas that are wet until end of may early june.Not far from a small river.Usually april come some flooding,not this time of year.for once so far it was going smooth,until now-WTF plan on going and cutting some more holes in 35 gal gbs for more drainage of excess water.when water is down some hopfully soon.

northeast weather makes it a near miracle to get a nice harvest
don't know what you can do other than what you've done, i think the weather forecast looks a little better for the next few days

yeah,your are right for sure,checked river today went down over 2 ft.will be going tues to save what i can.

best of luck, hope it's not a total loss
but you can always take some seeds along just in case, the plants will be smaller, but could recover your season if needed

Yep start backup plan now.

Other thoughts? Did it act like a flushing for the soil? My guess is the flood acted like a flushing of the soil container growers do. At this point I would treat it as you just flushed your plants. Think about adding some food they can take up right now. Dry them out in sun is all you can really do. Best case is it will be like a flushing and your plants love it. Hope that helps friend.

I wonder is anyone found pot plants floating down the river? Or it washes down the river a mile and comes to rest on rocks with perfect water level. Grows out to killer bud on the river bank.

lost like 8 plants,had some others that need a little tlc.others not affected. had to do some quick transplanting to save soaked ones into new dry dirt.we will see,am going to put some more in to large grow bags,maybe size rather than numbers will balance out for fall harvest.

you did good, crazy weather for sure
i think there is a silver lining, the extra water should make your survivors grow like mad

used to grow in some low lying areas in the northeast, Know exactly what you are talking about.

Only thing that I know of that can help is to plant in raised beds or mounds. Only issue with that is they may need more watering when young, but if you can get the roots healthy with deep penetration they will withstand August heat since the deep moisture is still there.

thank you guys!cant go in the ground its all clay.plus using the pots and grow bags has helped with one issue or another the last couple years.the damaged ones are doing ok,the others are doing great,they need a good feeding this week.will get some pics soon