Gardening Resources & Tips
- herbidacious
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My (one surviving) romanesco plant is huge, but no head. Should I give up at this point? Are the leaves nice enough to bother cooking with?
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i have a dozen magnificent cauliflower plants that aren't 'curding up' - they might be eaten as 'greens'...
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Are they too close together Scully … I was told by the old chaps on the allotment that winter caulies need a lot of space or they won’t form a curd.
Perhaps using every other one as ‘greens’ woukd persuade the remaining ones to heart up?
Perhaps using every other one as ‘greens’ woukd persuade the remaining ones to heart up?
- Badger's Mate
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Herbi, I’ve had Romanesco sowings from which some plants have headed up in the autumn and some in the spring. Stick with it, you might get a good head of the stuff next year.
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Ok, will do, BM. I have not grown them before. I had a go at 'ordinary' cauliflowers last year with limited success. I think I need to put more effort in. Just sticking it in the ground or a pot and hoping is probably not enough. This is a big plant now, so seems healthy. Maybe some feed? Or not...?
Thanks, too Scully.
Thanks, too Scully.
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It will want to flower at some stage, and if it is big and healthy you might expect a decent head to form. Feeding won’t hurt but probably won’t be necessary.
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maybe but they're about as close together as the ones in the field just down the road. they were from a big module tray donated, by a local farmer, to the allotments - maybe they'd been in the tray a bit too long. they romped away after they were planted.
maybe they are a later variety, who knows‽
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Perhaps cooler weather will trigger them?
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fingers crossed - otherwise it'll be 'cauliflower leaf cheese' on the menu!
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yes, i always use the cauliflower greens and raab.
when i was little - and radishes came in bunches (rather than bags) we used to always eat the 'greens' of those and other veg not known for that nowadays. beetroot leaves are lovely, too.
when i was little - and radishes came in bunches (rather than bags) we used to always eat the 'greens' of those and other veg not known for that nowadays. beetroot leaves are lovely, too.
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When you cut a cabbage from your garden leave the stalk planted in the ground and, with a sharp knife cut an ‘X’ about 1cm deep in the cut end of the stalk … new tufts of cabbage leaves will grow … they’re great to use as spring greens.