[Weston grower]

I planted some caulis last November and they are now quite big plants with lots of leaf. However they look like cabbages - ie they have leafy hearts. At what stahge does the bit you eat appear?

and before you ask - yes I am certain that they are caulis.

Regards, WG

[DD.]

We ate the caulis we planted last October in April!

[Weston grower]

and......

[arugula]

.... a photo might help?

If they aren't hearting up or haven't done so, there is something wrong or they are indeed not cauliflowers.

[bigben]

and......

I suspect DD is breaking the bad news to you gently - that it is not looking good. I planted mine around March and they already have a small but recognisable curd in the middle. Unfortunately the birds pecked a lot of leafage away so they have really slowed down now. I must sort out a brassica cage for next year. If yours has nothing in the centre then I agree with Argyllie.

[DD.]

Thanks bigben - yes indeed.

I didn't want to put it bluntly!

[arugula]

We've had a couple of stories of seed mix up somewhere in the chain recently, so if you thought they were caulis and aren't this could explain it. We've only grown caulis once, as I didn't really rate the outcome as worthwhile and like bigben from a spring planting they were doing something, maybe not much, but something by now....

[Weston grower]

I can take it

Looks like back to the drawing board.

Regards, WG

[DD.]

I must point out that it wasn't a fantastic harvest though - had 6 out of about 20 caulis make it through the winter.

[Lupin lurcher]

I planted 12 plants  April and like yourself I have lovely leaves, only had one to eat so far there is no sign of any curds coming on the rest, but I have not given up on them yet, the one we have eaten was really big and white and tasty. 

[Thephoenix572]

No curds on any of mine either which were planted in April

[starry]

be patient thephoenix572, last week mine had no centre at all now six of them have and I have already harvested 2 this week

[sunshineband]

I got little curds and then they all kind of grew apart strangely to make aide losse kind of blob

Why, please?

[DD.]

You left them too long.

They're now preparing a nice yellow flower display for you, before going to seed!

[tooo many seeds]

got plenty of curds about 6 inches across,just too many at once should have staggered them.i just dug some lime into the soil around each plant and growmore buried under the plant when planted out,right or wrong it worked for me