I don't have an answer, but mine are also very small.

For me, I think it's because our temps have been colder than usual, we've gotten a TON of rain (over 5 inches just in the past week), and the sun refuses to come out. My poor plants are waterlogged and cold!

Leisa

Gotta tell you--it HAS been cold, but the spinach, chard and cole crops are loving it. We had a huge amount of wilted spinach and chard last night from my garden for dinner (the first from this year's garden).

All my warm-weather plants are waiting inside by the window, and I am getting impatient. Looks like this weekend will be safe for them to go in :D

my peas are all at about 8 in to a foot. I am assuming they will take off like crazy once we hit over 50.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with bad luck this year! I'm still hoping for some veggies to grow but it's been rough. I was off to a great start. I sowed the seeds indoors in March and they sprouted within days. I was working on my garden outside (just moved into the house in Feb so I sowed indoors so I could get my garden built outside). Unfortunatly we got hit with colder weather than normal which kept me in more than I wanted, plus we got a lot more rain than what we use to get.
Before I finished getting the garden tilled and ready for the sprouts, all my sprouts died. Except my peas, I've had good luck with them :).
I tried sowing more in doors and it's been 1 month and still nothign! So now I'm goign to try sowing directing in the garden and see what happens.
If nothing else, I'll be eating fresh peas and everything else I'll have to buy at the store.

Me too. For the first time ever I was not pregnant or with a newborn this spring and actually planted peas. None are taller than 8" (including the Little Marvels which are not supposed to grow over 1'). The lettuce and bok choi are happy, but I was hoping to be harvesting peas now, then clear the bed for tomatoes. Sigh.

I put my tomatoes and pepper plants out today - finally. The soil is still pretty darn cold; but the sun was shining after about a week of rain, and I got impatient,too. Lettuce and greens are doing well, pole and lima beans are emerging. We need a couple days of all sun and temps over 60. Pulled up the bok choy (bolted).

Check your soil temps before planting. It is the soil temp, not the air temp that is vital for transplants. If it is still too cool they will just sit there and pout until the soil at the root zone warms up. Different plants need different soil temps but charts for the required temps are available on the web.

Dave

Are you thinning the vegetables properly? if they are sown too thickly they won't grow. If you are getting full sun and have raised bed with tons of compost there's no reason why it shouldn't grow because it sounds like you have lot of cold season veggies. If it's new compost they are not lacking nutrition. so I wouldn't worry about the soil.
You do not have fertilize seedlings or transplants because they could also shock them. Also excessive fertilization could stunt the growth - Isn't that ironic???
That's what I could think of without looking at the plot besides cold weather. The plants may grow very little when it's cold then really takes off when the it starts to get warm. This doesn't seem to the reason in your case because you are talking about the cold season crops mainly. It is warm for them even this cool spring. They should be about to bolt if anything.

My veggies have been very sluggish in the last couple of weeks too here in southern NJ. Its been cold and wet and barely reaching 50 degrees most nights.

I planted out cole crops, asparagus, peas, lettuces, horseradish, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries in mid march... tomato seedlings, squashes, melons, more peas, celery, more lettuce, flowers and herbs went in the third week of april, and eggplant and pepper seedlings went out two weeks ago.

everything that went in by mid april had a huge growth spurt for about 2 weeks, and since then has been sitting in neutral. The eggplant and pepper seedlings are still very much seedlings, and the tomato seedlings I put out to replace cutworm damage are still just little 2" dinkers too.

I'm blaming the weather. even broccoli & brussel sprouts are sluggish.

the only thing thats been steadily growing is the squash, lettuce and berries... peas are growing, but very slowly, and the maters are just sitting around sulking. [sigh].

I don't know what asparagus is supposed to do, its all ferny and I've gotten like 12 spears over 5 weeks... I don't have high expectations in the asparagus department.

thanks for the input, everyone. It seems that other people have had this problem, and that it's the weather causing the slow growth.

However, even my spinach and swiss chard are refusing to grow. Does that change the prognosis? Or is it still just the weather?

Hi folks, here in the northeast it has been cool and rainey. My vegies all started out energetic but appeared to fall asleep last week or so. Soil tests early this year indicated no ammendments needed, thank you compost. Acid rain is common here, so I gave the whole garden a dust of pulverized lime last Friday. Sunday afternoon everything perked up and has a nice shade of green. A staggered planting of lettus and Amaranth seeds had appeared as if the seed was dead. Not so as all were neatly now above ground. I believe another light dust later this week would be reasonable in light of the ongoing rain. A dusting of ground charcoal will follow next week. Try some lime. Best regards.

My lettuce, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and celery are absolutely in their glory w. all the cool, rainy weather we've had this May. Tomatoes are starting to put out flower stems. Onions are developing third leaves. Peas are totally out of hand for this stage in their growth. Radishes were quick to germinate, but have slowed a bit since then. Peppers dont appear too amused w. the current meteorological situation, but they are learning to adapt. Cukes, OTOH, pitched a fit and decided to die. Back to square one w. those. Oddly enough, the zuke doesnt seem to mind the weather as it's starting to put out a second true leaf.

Pictures coming soon

I have mostly cool weather vegetables growing and they are doing well. My beets, carrots, various lettuces and brussels sprouts are loving life and thriving. My potatoes keep growing as if they have extra growth hormones. I'm not complaining. We had some cold weather and snow last week that got me worried, but I've had most things out for several weeks because I couldn't wait any longer. I just covered them with plastic at night and when it was cold (below 40) and let them bask in the sun during the day. Yesterday, I got my three of my upside-down tomatoes going in buckets with two pepper plants and marigolds on top. The tomatoes have been flowering for over a week, so I wanted to get them into their permanent pots quickly. I've been trying to keep the cool weather crops in dappled shade as much as possible. I was worried that the potatoes were in too much shade and trimmed a few of the trees nearby today. My onions are growing like weeds. I planted them everywhere, in between strawberries, with lettuce and in their own containers.

I lost a few of my squash until I let them have almost no direct sun for a few days, then when the sky was overcast I let them be fully open to the sun. The next day they started taking the direct sun without any problems, so I still have five left.

Tomorrow, today rather, I will be eating fresh salad with my radiccio and romaine lettuce. Probably will also swipe a few onions and add basil, oregano, parsley and chives from my herbs that are doing so well also. I think I will be able to relax and feel MUCH better once I've eaten SOMETHING from my garden this year.