Is everyone's veggies behind schedule?

ALIBOBSY

I know in the north west we have been luckier with the weather than most, but its still been a washout really. Looking around the garden this morning (in some actual sunshine lol) we have got some stuff producing, but the stage most of the veg is at feels more like mid june not mid july. The runner beans are a total washout, most rotted in the ground and the 2 that came up are growing so slowly I doubt I will ever get any beans. The courgettes are at last starting to flower and get bigger, but I have lost a few squash plants and a cucumber that just seemed to rot away.
Nothing on any of the fruit trees after loads of blossom on them all

No ripe toms as yet but at least there are plenty of flowers and quite a few small green ones, if we can get an indian summer they hopefully will come good in the greenhouse.

Sweetcorn aren't very big-about a foot high and I suspect they will be a washout this year, just not been enough sun.
Carrots are slow but seem to look ok, but have struggled to get any parsnips even to germinate (even the freshest brand new seed) and the beetroot doesn't seem to like too much water either.

BUT rhubarb did well and is so big I am still taking a few sticks this late in the year. Strawberries in beds not good but the hanging basket ones have been ok. Peas seem to like the rain and lettuces have been good (apart from extra battles with the slugs). My charlotte potatos look pretty lush and are just starting to flower so hope I will get something decent from them. Chard and the brassicas look ok if a bit smaller than they should be and the good news is only seen one cabbage white all year and then watched it get washed away by a sudden heavy shower (after a really sunny morning).

So hows everyone else doing? Are we all behind and desparatly hoping for a warm autumn :T.

Ali x

blossomhill_2

Just exhibited some in a local show and the benches are very sparse compared with other years - show could be a washout anyway with a large lorry stuck in the mud in the entrance - this weather is such a shame for all the people who have put in so much effort organising it all
Carrots, potatoes and raspberries seem to be plentiful though

wellused

It's a good job that we don't have to rely on the products that we grow in this country to survive the winter or I fear that we would be facing a long lean spell.

sammyroser

This year I really went for it and have been very disappointed.

My Courgettes have grown a few so far which I've cut after they were about 4inchs long. Sunburst squash, first year I've grown has got a few tiny ones but have not gained any size in a couple of weeks.

Strawberries are not very tasty, rotting easily and I just can't keep the slugs off (and now it appears some ants have made a home there)

Sugar Snap Peas are starting to produce, lots of flowers.

Raspberries, replanted 5 canes. 3 have died away, Think they may of drowned but not sure. Other two are doing very well but have some weird makings on the leaves so getting worried about them.

First year planting Rhubarb and I think it's ok!

Gooseberries, ones planted in the ground have grown new leaves but not gotten any bigger. One planted in a pot grew fantastically until we got really heavy rain and wind and most of the growth it had managed this year snapped off

First year growing sweetcorn and it's a foot high. Will be very sad if I don't get anything from it this year as spent a lot of time on them.

Tomatoes have got flowers and some green toms but goodness knows if I will get enough sun to ripen them

harrys_nan

I have almost given up this year.
Runner beans thin and spindly, peas the same, only had 1 french bean out of 3 sowings, Toms small green fruit starting to show, apple and plums trees not worth the effort, rhubarb brilliant as are the weeds and slugs and woodlice. The strawberries was a race between me, the rain and the slugs, raspberries not worth picking. Garlic no good but onions all ok apart from 1 which rotted.

Yorkie1

Everyone who came into the lotty shop today was complaining and commiserating on the poor performance of many crops this year.

And it's the same on the allotment forum I frequent too.

Just too cold, wet, and unsunny for most of them - and too cold, wet, and unsunny to stop the slugs either!

oldtractor

I'm in the Midlands. Everything is about 4 weeks behind at least and all my onions have bolted.

peaceandfreedom

Of two courgette plants, one has produced quite a few nice courgetters but the other hasn't even produced flowers yet.

Strawberries, the few that I got, were bitter-tasting. The raspberries are autumn-fruiting. They are 10 newly planted canes and they have all survived so far.

Runner beans are pathetic, some have succumbed to slugs, have sowed a few more (in the greenhouse initially) in the hope of an indian summer. Sugar snaps are doing OK, very tasty and a nice enough crop. But only 3 plants survived the rain and slugs. Have sowed more of those as well.

Spuds look terrific but I haven't harvested any yet, hope there are actually some spuds under there!

Tomato plants all looking lush in the greenhouse and nearly all have fruits now but none of them are even considering turning red. Have harvested some nice cucumbers from the greenhouse though. Trying aubergines this year and the plants look healthy but no sign of flowers yet.

Lettuces have been wonderful, particularly the Valmaine variety, and not too much slug damage. I leave a sacrificial lettuce or two near the wall where the slugs tend to congregate.

Lost numerous squash plants to the high winds and rain. One surviving plant looking healthy. Pumpkins also alive but not exactly thriving.

Have other crops coming along, the beetroot looks promising. But you can't expect much when we get nothing but persistent rain and little sunshine.

surfsister

well I've had more raspberries and gooseberries than in 20 years of gardening and oddles of new pots.And lots of strawberries grown in a conservatory,and sweet perrers too. But disappointing courgettes, beans etc But if we have rain soon it wll be a different story after all the rain! I hope!

Oliver14

We're normally 6 weeks behind the rest of the country anyway (I live in the highlands) everything is going pretty well though. I've had some of the best early Potatoes i've ever had. The only thing that has really suffered is my Gooseberry bush thats seems to have had a really hard summer.

Amarillo

I moved allotments so that didn't help. But I have no beans or courgettes yet, raspberries are tiny, sweetcorn about an inch high, loads of stuff not germinated.

No apples on tree, cherries all been eaten by birds, anything I put out to harden off gets eaten by slugs. On the bright side the rainbow chard is going well and the marigolds are pretty.