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The cauliflowers seedlings i planted out on 12.4.15 are looking great but are producing florets at the base of the plants. They don't seem to be interfering with body of the plant and are delicious. Never heard of or noticed this before - any ideas or explanations very welcome.
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No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home. -
Had a better look today- I planted 12 and it seems to be on all of them!No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home. -
Have you got any photos?Comment
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They are impossible to photograph- the main plant is quite big and only an inch or two off the ground and the sprouts are growing directly underneath off the central stem. They are a bit like wsb and about an inch across.No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home.Comment
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I would cut them off and eat them. It may encourage the plant to behave as it should.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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What a shame, they sound interesting.What variety are they?Comment
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Not sure - will check tomorrow when I go to allotment. They look to be growing well and forming central head, I'm just curious because I have never seen this before. The sprouts are lovely though!No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home.Comment
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Sorry to tangentize slightly but the thread title is relevant...
I have some cauliflowers, variety "Mayflower", forming heads.
I now have the same problem I always have: when do I cut them?
What I usually do is, wait for them to get a bit bigger, then a bit bigger still, then realise the curds are separating, cut them, take them home, show them to Mrs H, throw them in the bin.
There must be a better way. Please could a cauliflower expert advise me?Comment
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I think k it's a little different when the cook is also the gardener! They have to eat it or cook theirselves
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That'll be me thenOriginally posted by Scarlet View PostI think k it's a little different when the cook is also the gardener! They have to eat it or cook theirselves
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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Tangetisiation again!
I am new to polytunnel gardening and asked my neighbour who uses a polytunnel what was the best thing to grow in mine. Cauliflowers sez he?
I would have thought it would have been a bit hot for caulis (I have plants ready to prick out) but he is admant they do well. Can anyone back this up?
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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I put caulis in there in the autumn for protection overwinter and a spring crop but a) I think it's too hot over summer and b) there wouldn't be room at the moment
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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