[Pink Petunia]

Hello fellow growers I am new to this as you will soon learn and my question is.
my cauliflowers and cabbages won't grow tight they open up like a flower.  any suggestions please??

[Greengirl]

All brassicas need to be planted very firmly - you should be able to tug a leaf after planting & it will tear rather than the whole plant be pulled up.

[Bombers]

I bury young brassicas up to there necks (at the first leaf joint) and use my fist to push hard around the base of the plants, creating a kind of hollow (If you know what I mean) Then puddle them in. Werks for me!

[dementedhornet]

All brassicas need to be planted very firmly - you should be able to tug a leaf after planting & it will tear rather than the whole plant be pulled up.

Ooh. Thanks for that tip, I am going to plant my calabrese tomorrow and couldn't remember if the ground needed to be firm.Thanks again.

[DD.]

I run a heavy lawn roller over my ground before planting. (Not if it's soaking wet though).

Once the plant's in the hole it gets firmed in by treading all around it.