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Gosh Marb67, if you didn't have bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all *hugs*
I'm not a Pak Choi grower but they look a bit yellowy to me which is often (as I'm sure you're already aware) a sign of lack of nutrients, light or both. The compost looks a bit chunky & I wonder if maybe you're consistently using the same brand & it's not best suited to veg growing?
It also looks like slugs/snails have been having a munch too - I've resorted to little blue pellets this year or we'd be eating nothing (albeit that they claim to be 'organic'/'wildlife friendly')
Edit to add: I can definitely concur with Nicos' advice about potting on. I've learnt this year that most things will only get to a certain size in the module/pot & if I want them to grow bigger they either need potting on or planting out. I have some leftover unwanted Spring Cabbage lurking in modules at home which are good example as the ones on the plot have grown but in the modules are still alive but getting no bigger. I've lost growing time on a few crops this year by giving them an extra week or two at home (without potting on) with the intention of letting them get a bit bigger before releasing them on the plot - with a late summer sown crop a few weeks lost can't be so readily regained as in spring/early summer as the changing light/day length & temperature are against us. My 'new year' growing resolution is to be proactive with potting on/planting out.
I'm not a Pak Choi grower but they look a bit yellowy to me which is often (as I'm sure you're already aware) a sign of lack of nutrients, light or both. The compost looks a bit chunky & I wonder if maybe you're consistently using the same brand & it's not best suited to veg growing?
It also looks like slugs/snails have been having a munch too - I've resorted to little blue pellets this year or we'd be eating nothing (albeit that they claim to be 'organic'/'wildlife friendly')
Edit to add: I can definitely concur with Nicos' advice about potting on. I've learnt this year that most things will only get to a certain size in the module/pot & if I want them to grow bigger they either need potting on or planting out. I have some leftover unwanted Spring Cabbage lurking in modules at home which are good example as the ones on the plot have grown but in the modules are still alive but getting no bigger. I've lost growing time on a few crops this year by giving them an extra week or two at home (without potting on) with the intention of letting them get a bit bigger before releasing them on the plot - with a late summer sown crop a few weeks lost can't be so readily regained as in spring/early summer as the changing light/day length & temperature are against us. My 'new year' growing resolution is to be proactive with potting on/planting out.
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