Spring cauliflowers

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Aunt Sally

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Spring cauliflowers
« on: May 03, 2009, 16:37 »
I've had some really nice spring cauliflowers this year - Variety Jerome.



This one weighed 5 pounds

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2009, 16:43 »
Oh Auntie i love cauliflower but unfortunately i'd have no friends if i ate it very often :unsure:.....especially not with beans :ohmy: :lol:

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2009, 16:45 »
I don't eat the beans but I LOVE cauliflower.

I just cancel all engagements  :lol:

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2009, 16:54 »
Several folks have grown them on our site.  I missed it last year but the previous year had them the size of dinner plates - 6 good portions each!
Just sown my seed for next year - although they are a long time growing they are really worth it
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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2009, 17:09 »
Well done Aunt Sally. Maybe you can advise me?

I only grew 6 plants this year. All of them have produced wonderful curds but as 4 of them needed cutting last week I gave 3 away. These were Fothergill's Walcheren Winter 3 -Armado April spaced at 2 foot.

How do you grow spring caulis that are not too big and do not all come at once.

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2009, 17:21 »
I'm not a massive cauliflower fan, it's not something I can eat in quantity, but I'm growing some myself for spring next year and I'd be happy as larry if they looked even remotely as good as that :D

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2009, 17:37 »
Aunt Sally, that one is a beauty.. Well done!  I have only tried cauliflowers twice and all of them were failures :(   I got through the seed stage, planted out and they just did not produce good heads.   Your lovely white cauli has given me the will to give it another go..   

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2009, 17:39 »
I grow several different varieties so that I don't get huge numbers all at once Salmo .

It's all to do with day length and flowering.

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2009, 19:48 »
Cor! Look at the size of that! Well done Aunty, it looks good enough to eat!
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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2009, 19:56 »
WOW... well done Aunt Sally... it looks well nice....  :D

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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2009, 20:12 »
Looks great, definitely want to try some of those. mmmm cauliflower cheese.
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Re: Spring cauliflowers
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2009, 20:42 »
Do you have a bean tree too ?  :D
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...


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