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Tried growing some romanesce caulies again bt why oh why do they grow tall and only produce a titchy head?  What am I doing wrong? 

In my limited experience, what you are doing wrong is growing cauliflowers at all!

Suspect its site conditions. Caulis and broccolis are gross feeders, needing space, light and cool moist conditions, deep rich soils and, looking at the colour of foliage of commercial crops , plenty of something beginning with N. According to T&M cultural instructions, they produce plants upto 16" across, 18" high. Did yours? To enable that, you would need to plant at 18" centres ,using your ground for a minimum of 6months. If planted out in May, the crop will be maturing in November, thats 2 months off yet. The challenge for next year is on! Personally prefer calabrese.

Thank you Ancelsfarmer.  Looks like I'll have to try harder next year.

Must admit I am like Ancell as to me Romanesco is neither a Cauli nor a Calabrese as I know them, despite what the experts say.

I can get two crops of Cauli to mature in the time the Romanesco does, and with Calabrese I get the bonus of secondary shoots and again a couple of crops per season.

Or  it could be that I am just a greedy bu**er

Mmmm TG there's food for thought there.