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sugar snaps and tomatoes are very small

1sophie.samson1sophie.samson Posts: 21
in Fruit & veg
hello, 

this is my first year having an allotment which I am thoroughly enjoying.
However, my sugar snaps just don't seem to want to grow anymore. they also rant flowering
my tomatoes seem quite small even tho I have feed them with tomato feed.
any suggestions as to why? 

I've attached some pictures 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hi @sophie.samson and welcome 😊

    It’s best not to feed tomatoes until they have their first fruits set. 

    The peas look as if woodpigeons may  have been snacking on them. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • 1sophie.samson1sophie.samson Posts: 21
    I hadn't even thought of birds eating them! thank you! hopefully they will still grown once they are behind netting
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited June 2020
    Yes, bird damage and probably not just pigeons - I used a trail camera and caught house sparrows (only females) and greenfinches eating mine!  I guess they are after calcium for producing egg shells?  The good news is that mine recovered after I protected them, so yours should do so too. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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