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I believe it is the falling temperature that triggers the bulbs into growth and that temperature falls sooner that Tony's in the south and I suspect yours Matt.
We also suffer the etiolated growth in our low winter light levels as do our plants!!
But surely that should make you taller ..... than you are
Exactly! We get tall and spindly ( even me!!!) - but then when we dry out in front of the fire from getting soaked by all the rain we get - we shrink down to hobbit sized again!!