[jsgreen89]

I'm having a little bit of Allotment depression at the moment. There are some good points:

• Beetroot is coming on quite well, a few have passed golf ball size
• Garlic is still looking healthy since I planted the young plants in April

But on the other front:

• Planted my French & Runner beans out aroudn 3 weeks ago, lost a few to cold and wind damage. Replanted around 6 plants, but they're just hardly doing anything. They don't look ill and there are new signs of leaves / growth at the top of each plant, but they're hardly making a run up the canes, they look almost the same size as when I planted, albeit with a few larger leaves
• Tomato plants have suffered from leaf mould, removed quite a few leaves but don't want to leave a naked plant when the fruit is just starting
• Sowed 3 rows of carrot seeds, about 1/4 of each row has appeared, what happened to the rest?

I'm especially concerned about the beans as last year I had no worries at all, although I can't recall how long they took to climb.. Am I being paranoid? Will they suddenly shoot up over the next couple of weeks?

[DD.]

You don't give your location in your profile, (hint), but if the weather's been anything like ours, as soon as overnight warms up, the beans will shoot up, when it rains the carrots will probably pop up.

[JayG]

You haven't put your location in your personal profile so we don't know what part of the country you live in (or even which country!) but most parts of the UK have had very cool temperatures recently (day and night at the moment  )

The tender crops like sweetcorn, beans, tomatoes and cucurbits all suffer to varying degrees in such conditions and they (and you!) just need to hang on in there until it warms up.

[DD.]

Glad we agree!

[JayG]

Had to happen eventually!

[jsgreen89]

Updated!

Ok well that's good to know. So even if carrot seeds have been underground for quite a while they can still appear several weeks after the others?