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Tried my first one at the weekend, and I have to recommend them to you.

Very tasty indeed, although it was on the small side. 

Much tastier than regular cauli.  :)

Do so agree!

Yes I agree too, very tasty. Going to grow some this year :D

we did well with romanesco last year, first year..freezes better than cauli and a lovely flavour  :)

 I grew some late on in the year and it was nice. I hope to get a crop in earlier this year. I prefer it to purple sprouting. I think its a very pretty vegetable

Hi, I've tried growing these the past 2 years with little success. Even if I start the plants early they take ages before they grow a 'head' and it's often tiny. I think I had one decently formed head out of around 15 plants last year - well it was the size of a child's hand, so not exactly huge. The rest were just starting to get the right shape when the first spell of cold weather (slight chill in Autumn) turned them to mush - they went really slimey, yuk. They just don't seem to be cold tolerant at all, and we live down south so they should stand some chance. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong?

On the same theme, never seem to have much luck with cauliflowers either, and my purple sprouting never forms a big head, only little ones, though I still get a decent crop over a long period. Am I missing something?

I've never been able to get them to head up either, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.  Mine are as tough as old boots as well.

I had some lovely Romanesco, but yes they like it fairly dry, rain makes teh heads go slimy, but they are very cold hardy, I still have some sprouting heads...

They grow very big and sprout late and no the heads are not always big but they are very tasty...

Think I prefer Calabrese broccoli though...