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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: davyw1 on May 04, 2009, 16:02:17

Title: My First Cauli
Post by: davyw1 on May 04, 2009, 16:02:17
Pulled the first of my overwintering cauliflowers last week

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Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: jimtheworzel on May 04, 2009, 16:09:54
correction  you dont pull cauils..you cut them..very nice  caui  well done!!
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: SPUDLY on May 04, 2009, 16:13:26
Very nice. You are going to need a lot of cheese for that one. ;D
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: davyw1 on May 04, 2009, 16:17:02
Quote from: jimtheworzel on May 04, 2009, 16:09:54
correction  you dont pull cauils..you cut them..very nice  caui  well done!!

LOL  If i had cut the cauli off when it was on the plant  yes,  but if i pulled out the whole plant out it would be pulled. 
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: ugly gourd on May 04, 2009, 16:40:00
If you pull the whole plant out it keeps fresh longer  ;D
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: ugly gourd on May 04, 2009, 16:41:35
Sorry forgot to say well done its a good feeling All that from a seed the size of a pinhead!!
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: chriscross1966 on May 04, 2009, 19:18:55
Quote from: ugly gourd on May 04, 2009, 16:41:35
Sorry forgot to say well done its a good feeling All that from a seed the size of a pinhead!!


some of the cauli's I've grown over the years haven't been much bigger than a pinhead at the end :D..... congrats davy!
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: elvis2003 on May 04, 2009, 19:40:10
 ;D congrats! a great feeling hey! hope you are very proud of yourself,enjoy eating it!
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: cornykev on May 04, 2009, 20:30:06
Nice one Davy.    ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: kt. on May 04, 2009, 23:51:53
Bigger than any cauli I have grown,  at least twice over. 

No joy with all year round.  This year I have spent £8 on cauli seeds to see if I can get a decent sized crop.  :-\ :-\

Candid Charm:  Har Jun-Sep
Deakin:             Har Sep-Nov
Snow March:     Har Mar
Aasmeer:          Har Apr-May
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: angle shades on May 05, 2009, 09:08:21
 :) well done, hope it was tasty,

I remember when I grew my first one I was sooooo excited I thought I would burst ;D/ shades x
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: saddad on May 05, 2009, 09:45:55
Purple Cape is the only one I've ever had any real luck with so well done!!  :)
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: Busy Bee on May 05, 2009, 09:47:09
Well done. Hope mine turn out like that.  :)
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: davyw1 on May 05, 2009, 13:51:48
KT, Candid Charm is a good Cauli to grow i have never had a failure with them yet, another is Colnel /Cornel ( not sure how its spelt.)

The Cauli,s i am pulling/cutting/eating/freazing are Holland Winter Walcheran, I have great results every year  with them the bad points are they are in almost a year, planted last June and getting them now. They take up a lot of space and you need to plan carefully where to plant them so they don,t interfear with the following years crop.

This is my todays pickings.

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Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: saddad on May 05, 2009, 14:59:44
 :'(
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: davyw1 on May 09, 2009, 19:24:11
I thought i would just add this just incase some one decides to grow these cauli,s this what you have to pt up with

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Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: reddyreddy on May 09, 2009, 19:31:31
sorry for my ignorance but did you get one single cauli from that enormous plant (assume fork is full size yes?)
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: davyw1 on May 09, 2009, 19:34:20
Yes and yes
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: Sinbad7 on May 09, 2009, 19:56:57
Brilliant Davyw, hope you are enjoying eating them.  I too have had great success with that variety, well worth growing if you are new to growing cauli's.  Found they needed no looking after.
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: nittynora on May 10, 2009, 21:20:54
Thank goodness for this post..... we were just about to give up on our caulis (baby plants bought mail order and planted in september last year)

Guess we'll leave them in a bit longer and fins somewhere else to plant the stuff intended for that bed! ::)
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: lizagrowbag on May 11, 2009, 20:58:00
wowzers very nice  i got my first overwintering cauli a few days ago to was very yummy but for some strange reason it was all spaced out n small

it was still a great feeling though lol
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: kt. on May 11, 2009, 22:19:07
Quote from: lizagrowbag on May 11, 2009, 20:58:00
for some strange reason it was all spaced out n small
Sounds as if it has been standing too long then blown.  ::)
Title: Re: My First Cauli
Post by: davyw1 on May 12, 2009, 13:57:53
Quote from: lizagrowbag on May 11, 2009, 20:58:00
wowzers very nice  i got my first overwintering cauli a few days ago to was very yummy but for some strange reason it was all spaced out n small

it was still a great feeling though lol

What type did you plant