Any Difficulties This Year?

[Bigmallly]

I can't for the life of me get a Parsnip to germinate this year........................so I've opened about 6 packets, different varieties & put a pinch of each in a large mushroom box with a clear lid...............Last chance Saloon.
Have you had any probs with owt?

[Thelma Sanders]

Crap compost (same brand was lovely last year) has put most things behind and weather hasn't helped me get back on track.
I had to keep making sowings of Purple Artichokes - in the end I have sowed 30 seeds just to get 5 seedlings up *grump*

[Mr Bones]

Peas. Sown about 400 direct and mice nabbed probably half, so I sprinkled curry powder as an afterthought (I should have put it down before the mice had them ). Then when those that were left came up weevils made nasty work of the young plants. There's only a couple of dozen ratty looking things sticking out the ground so Mrs B's planted out another 300 or so plants that were grown in trays.

[Bigmallly]

I'm glad it's not only me.

[Greenleaves]

Everything is slow for me, warm then cold but biggest problem is the total lack of rain, the promised rain yesterday amounted to about 30 minutes

[Jay-ell]

I have 1 broadbean plant after 2 sowings each of 2 varieties. Ran out of Suttons Dwarf so may make a final sowing of Aquadulce

[bario1]

Parsnips for me too, I only want about a dozen, but I've tried pre-chitted seeds, then a direct sowing over the top of that, and another more recently. Two have come up. Could be the dry weather i suppose.

[Bren In Pots]

Courgettes I've sown 10 seeds 5 different varieties and up to yet I've got 3 seedlings, so I'm sowing more today.

[Jimmy]

I hates those meeces to pieces!
Jimmy

[Lumpy]

radish is all leaf and no root.

Beetroots are not germinating that well.

Even the carrots arn't putting in much effort.

Hey Ho!

[Penellype]

I've had issues with early peas not germinating at all well - this was indoors so I can't blame mice or the weather! The later sown ones were fine. Also some of my lettuce sowings haven't done well - possibly getting a bit hot for them indoors.

Other than that, the almost total lack of rain here has made everything very dry and I'm on full summer watering regime at the moment.

[lottie dolly]

only my cucumbers are going mad,but they are inside,everything else seems so slow,bet it's the temperature fluctuating so much,it has things confused,here is a pic of 1 plant,passandra with babies

[craftymarie]

Biggest failure this year has been broad beans. I meant to sow them late last year, it got a bit cold for me so I decided to sow this Spring instead.

When it came to sowing time, I could not find the packet anywhere. I had half the house turned over looking for the packet which I knew I'd bought specially. Course I've now found the packet too late - my computer keyboard was artificially raised up higher using a whole tin of seeds I forgot about and not just the broad beans - duh! Maybe next year.

[Finley]

Broad beans for me too! Last year I couldn't move for them, just bunged them in and up they came. This year.. nada. From two packets, I've had one germinate outside. ONE. Got a couple coming now in the shed. Mice had gazillions of them (and peas) - peppermint oil everywhere in the shed seems to have done the trick. On the other hand, every courgette and squash I've sown has come leaping forth.. I'm going to have dozens of plants.. oops.

[treepixie]

Carrots are not germinating and radishes are really slow