too cold to grow

Hi folks -

Over here there seems to have been a fairly constant cold breeze during April which has meant that even on clear days there is little warmth.

As a result there has been little or no growth- even my broad beans are not taking off.

Anyone else feeling a slow start to the season?

I think most of us are in the same boat   and, for here at least, it seems it will continue into the first half of may, if you believe weather forecast!

yep mine are the same, i wish the weather would make its mind up - one week we have blistering heat, which makes us have a drought, the next we have non stop down pours that makes us have floods - if only it would settle in the middle

what are you wanting to sow?

yep mine are the same, i wish the weather would make its mind up - one week we have blistering heat, which makes us have a drought, the next we have non stop down pours that makes us have floods - if only it would settle in the middle

what are you wanting to sow?

Cauliflower, Cabbage, Calabrese and Sweetcorn.

you should be fine sowing your brassicas now as they dont need any heat - but if you want to sow them in may they should catch up, regarding the sweetcorn most people start theirs off in may anyway, so no need to worry about that

sweetcorn is best started off indoors in pots

Even my weeds are thoughtful about growing so maybe things will not be as bad as you expect bigben

too cold , too windy,  too dark...... 
I have been cosseting my sprout seedlings for 5 weeks but I turn my back on them for half an hour today - the sun comes full out and most have scorched to death.    

I must learn to split up my seedlings into different trays and put them in separate parts of the garden.  e.g. in the shade, in the sun, north side of the house etc and not put them all together.