when did you plant your PSB?

just wondering when everyone else planted their PSB?

i'll be honest i can't remember when i planted mine (i seem to have neglected the diary, i'm not good with writing things down). i think i they went in around may time.

they have been netted to stop the cabbage whites destroying them. but they have gone absolutely mental, been touching the netting for months and now bending the the main stem. i don't want to remove the net as there's still cabbage whites around.

have i planted too early, i'm pretty sure i done as it said on the packet and when everyone else was planting them.

how's everyone else's PSB doing? anyone else having the same problem?

Mine went in late (sown August, planted out September) but I've got it under a clear plastic cloche so I'm hoping to keep it going for a while before it gets really cold. My first lot bolted due to going in too early.

How tall is your netting cage? - PSB grows taller than cabbage does.

Mine was sowed about April and planted out in June. They're monsters now, luckily the cabbage whites have not bothered them. Discovered yesterday that some of them were Romanescu cauliflower , They're all a good 3-4 foot tall, but they are on very good soil where an old dung heap was.

a variety of answers there.

i'm liking ghost61's style, if you can not bother with things and let them sort themselves out all the better imo.

the netting is about 3 foot tall, the tallest i could make it as it's not a permanent fixture.

i might have to bite the bullet and get the netting off, bravemurphy is right they are getting less. i'm just a bit wary after my brassicas getting mascaraed last year. 

My PSB is 1 metre tall, under enviro mesh. It does seem tall for the time of year, maybe the weather? This year I have staked it and the Brussels sprouts as they both end up leaning at alarming angles.  Never thought of planting some in cold greenhouse but guess you would get an earlier crop, useful at that time of year. I have some chard and cavalo Nero in my greenhouse and will transplant winter giant spinach when the tomatoes are finished.