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any veg you attempt to grow will need sun to develope, if your bed is totally in the shade you will get poor crops.

Comfrey was shown to be the best fertiliser for potatoes. Why use all that space for potatoes when you can use a barrel and keep earthing up? I got far more potatoes from just five seed spuds in a barrel. A shady spot would not be a good place for fruit either, as they need sunshine to give sweetness, cucumbers like a shady spot.

I think the trouble is caused by excessive nitrogen from the Compost heap, They have needed Phosphate and potash to balance . the growth. If you do the same next year feed them with Rose or Tomato Fertilizer. The shady position and this years wet weather have probably contributed to the problem