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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: lottie lou on September 05, 2017, 20:08:17
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Tried growing some romanesce caulies again bt why oh why do they grow tall and only produce a titchy head? What am I doing wrong? :BangHead: :BangHead:
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In my limited experience, what you are doing wrong is growing cauliflowers at all!
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Suspect its site conditions. Caulis and broccolis are gross feeders, needing space, light and cool moist conditions, deep rich soils and, looking at the colour of foliage of commercial crops , plenty of something beginning with N. According to T&M cultural instructions, they produce plants upto 16" across, 18" high. Did yours? To enable that, you would need to plant at 18" centres ,using your ground for a minimum of 6months. If planted out in May, the crop will be maturing in November, thats 2 months off yet. The challenge for next year is on! Personally prefer calabrese.
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Thank you Ancelsfarmer. Looks like I'll have to try harder next year.
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Must admit I am like Ancell as to me Romanesco is neither a Cauli nor a Calabrese as I know them, despite what the experts say.
I can get two crops of Cauli to mature in the time the Romanesco does, and with Calabrese I get the bonus of secondary shoots and again a couple of crops per season.
Or it could be that I am just a greedy bu**er :drunken_smilie:
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Mmmm TG there's food for thought there.