Dartmoor Will wrote:

"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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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


Cannot grow strawberries up here (too cold). My runner beans are 3
inches high at present and struggling to make growth (too cloudy and too
cold). Sowed my onions in the March warm spell, about 5 seedlings came
up which have now withered away in the soil. Leeks are still in their
pots waiting to go out when the soil gets warmer. It is all very
depressing for veg. growing :-(

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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Maybe you should just sow your oats then ;-)
Dave