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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: 1066 on July 14, 2009, 12:52:10

Title: coloured cauliflower
Post by: 1066 on July 14, 2009, 12:52:10

Hi
I was reading an old kitchen garden magazine round at a friend's the other day and there was an article about caulis. The author was extolling the virtues of coloured caulis and saying that they were easier to grow because you don't have to worry about the curd discolouring and that they were higher in vitamins etc.
So has anyone tried these and how easy were they to grow. And were they tasty? Or are they just "new fangled" and not worth bothering with?

Thanks
1066

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: saddad on July 14, 2009, 13:14:32

Purple Cape is the only Cauli I bother with... I grow it over Winter. It's not a newbie... from the mid 19th Century...  :)

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: 1066 on July 14, 2009, 13:25:09

Quote from: saddad on July 14, 2009, 13:14:32

It's not a newbie... from the mid 19th Century...  :)

 ;D

Thanks for the info Saddad, I'll have a look out for it

1066

Just checked Nickys seeds and they have some interesting varieties, although my favourite name has to be "optomist"  ;) sadly a whte one tho

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: 1066 on July 17, 2009, 10:03:09

Anyone else?
Or is it just me and Saddad that like the idea of coloured caulis?  :-X

1966

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: manicscousers on July 17, 2009, 10:16:24

we grow romanesco broccoli as we don't have much luck with caulis..looking at getting perennial caulis  :)

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: 1066 on July 17, 2009, 10:20:58

Thanks Manics, will have a look at the romanesco's
1066

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: realfood on July 17, 2009, 20:37:51

I have already been eating "Graffiti", a red colour. Colourful, but not as big as the whites.

Title: Re: coloured cauliflower
Post by: 1066 on July 18, 2009, 18:06:43

thanks realfood - I'll check that 1 out as well

1066