I expected to have harvested my Romanesco by now but some plants have no 'head' as far as I can see, whole others have one that would yield about two bites! They look right; all a beautiful green and spirally - just tiny! Any ideas on whether I keep waiting, or whether I should call it quits with them this year? If the latter, any ideas on what I did wrong?
None of my Romanesco have got heads yet either, but I am pulling them off my purple sprouting when I do not want them yet.
All mine were failures.
Oh dear, that doesn't bode well :(
Mine decimated by caterpillars but one tiny lime green curd still showing :(
Are they all T&M freebies from GYO? Might mean you get what You (don't) pay for but does not do T&M much good either - my freebie carrots failed and the butternbuts just did not happen.
All mine failed too.
Yep, they were free with GYO. Freebies seem a little variable, but mostly have been fine. I figure I probably haven't fed, watered, doctored, sung to them right :)
Got one small head off today as we've never actually eaten it and I'm determined to at least get a bite so I can make a decision about next year.
Some that I gave to my dad have started to head up and he planted his way after mine and has partial shade ???. He did though solve my spring greens/cabbge problem by gifting me nearly 40 seedlings - nice man my Dad.
This is my second picking of 'romanesco' off one plant. It was very difficult to pick and I'm not sure how much more I will get. My seeds were also from GYO and the germination was fine and the plants look really healthy. (http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6266/romanesc32bn.jpg)
I too have failed with the GYO free seeds, very small heads etc. Â :(