On Jun 21, 2:19*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Scott W wrote:
It' a new garden for me, having moved in at the start of the year - but, yes, very slow growing in comparison to other years. Runner beans this week finally seem to be getting some sort of momentum in terms of reaching the top of the cane. Peas, also, only just now getting a burst of growth. Potatoes, of which I have only one large pot, are the only plants that seem to be growing at the normal rate. Tomatoes, however, are really struggling and just don't seem to want to grow. I know that tomatoes absolutely love sun so it could just be the lack of it that is stunting them?
One positive at the moment seems to be the lack of slugs

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Opposite here Scott - runner beans never struggled so much but the slugs
are thriving. Have got one ripe strawberry though!
Dave


According to Country Diary in today's Guardian this would
appear to be The Year of the Slug, confirming your observation if not
Scott's. Someone should tell the Chinese.
I don't grow veg but I have noticed that the grass is
growing only very slowly and this has been true from early spring.
Good - I don't have to cut it so often.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.