thanks, good advice, i may need to work out how i can water more casue i only do it in the evening and i think a second water would help. i have a layer of staw on top of the soil, not that thick but not up to the base of the plants. hope this is right. it is all trial and error the first time round!
think i will have to constuct something to give better shade! something i can pop over in the arvo.
thanks again.