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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Digeroo on July 19, 2010, 08:44:55

Title: Caulis I have cracked it - Many thanks
Post by: Digeroo on July 19, 2010, 08:44:55
I have been growing vegetables for 37 years and only managed in the past to get one 3 inches across.  But this year I have some nice sized ones.  A huge thank you to everyone who has posted tips and hints.  I followed them all.  I have a few small ones and some that have blown but finally I have several perfect caulis. ;D ;D ;D

The winning formula seems to boil down to water water feed water water feed water water water water.....  And I think that plenty of sunshine must have helped along the way.  Seems netting helped because the ones that a pigeon nibbled have not produced heads and it only had a tiny amount.  I also mulched them and this was obviously beneficial, for some reason I had it in my head that mulching brassicas was a bad thing.  They had plenty of BFB and extra nitrogen.
Title: Re: Caulis I have cracked it - Many thanks
Post by: non-stick on July 19, 2010, 08:51:06
well done - mine are rubbish this year. Did net them but pigeons still got at them, must try harder
Title: Re: Caulis I have cracked it - Many thanks
Post by: elvis2003 on July 19, 2010, 11:53:25
well done digeroo,nice feeling i imagine!
Title: Re: Caulis I have cracked it - Many thanks
Post by: cornykev on July 19, 2010, 18:13:39
Well done Dig, looks like I've got about another 30 years to wait.  :'(       ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caulis I have cracked it - Many thanks
Post by: davyw1 on July 19, 2010, 21:49:27
Well done Diger, gardening for 37 years eh, still a beginner then LOL