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Title: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on May 10, 2025, 04:52:52 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on May 10, 2025, 04:52:52 PM
Have you planted cauliflower?
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Tig58072 on May 13, 2025, 06:12:47 AM
Post by: Tig58072 on May 13, 2025, 06:12:47 AM
I have bought the plants at a nursery but haven't had any luck raising them..... They just struggle a while and die.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on July 26, 2025, 08:32:47 AM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on July 26, 2025, 08:32:47 AM
I passed on this this year. Maybe I will try to grow these next year.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:07:11 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:07:11 PM
I am thinking of planting some this year.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Charlotte Kitty on April 02, 2026, 03:12:05 PM
Post by: Charlotte Kitty on April 02, 2026, 03:12:05 PM
They can be very fussy. If they don't like something at any point in their life they'll likely bolt! Just as you think it's all going well then they're ruined. I gave up with them!
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:19:40 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:19:40 PM
They taste good though.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Charlotte Kitty on April 02, 2026, 03:22:21 PM
Post by: Charlotte Kitty on April 02, 2026, 03:22:21 PM
I love cauliflower cheese. Also cauliflower curry is nice too.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 02, 2026, 03:23:22 PM
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 02, 2026, 03:23:22 PM
My son has tried to plant alot of things. Even stuff that is supposed to be easy to grow. He has a black thumb. Though in his defense he is high functioning autistic and looses interest real fast if he doesn't seen results in his time frame
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:25:36 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:25:36 PM
Romaine lettuce is easy to grow, onions too. I will plant some celery. Could plant some spices.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 02, 2026, 03:28:41 PM
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 02, 2026, 03:28:41 PM
Artichoke is barn near impossible to grow. I like it but dang it's expensive
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:30:10 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:30:10 PM
Peppers would be far easier to grow.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Charlotte Kitty on April 02, 2026, 03:40:50 PM
Post by: Charlotte Kitty on April 02, 2026, 03:40:50 PM
Some time ago I turned this:
(https://i.postimg.cc/YCH4shBM/20170603-120229-HDR.jpg)
Into this:
(https://i.postimg.cc/WzmVFpWn/IMG-20180902-160537.jpg)
Did well and got the trophy for best plot after a couple of years. Unfortunately my work hours went silly with constant working away. I couldn't keep up anymore. That and a mental breakdown. The food was very tasty though. Much better than shop bought
(https://i.postimg.cc/YCH4shBM/20170603-120229-HDR.jpg)
Into this:
(https://i.postimg.cc/WzmVFpWn/IMG-20180902-160537.jpg)
Did well and got the trophy for best plot after a couple of years. Unfortunately my work hours went silly with constant working away. I couldn't keep up anymore. That and a mental breakdown. The food was very tasty though. Much better than shop bought
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:49:35 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 03:49:35 PM
Quote from: Charlotte Kitty on Today at 03:40:50 PMSome time ago I turned this:
(https://i.postimg.cc/YCH4shBM/20170603-120229-HDR.jpg)
Into this:
(https://i.postimg.cc/WzmVFpWn/IMG-20180902-160537.jpg)
Did well and got the trophy for best plot after a couple of years. Unfortunately my work hours went silly with constant working away. I couldn't keep up anymore. That and a mental breakdown. The food was very tasty though. Much better than shop bought
Good job!
Devlyn had a similar plot.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Pema on April 02, 2026, 04:30:22 PM
Post by: Pema on April 02, 2026, 04:30:22 PM
I've started 4 varieties of cauliflower, 4 plants of each. They are fussy as Charlotte said, so the heads I get are usually pretty small. Occasionally I'll get one comparable to the smaller ones I'd buy at the farmer's market.
Charlotte, that garden of yours looks phenomenal.
Kellie, artichokes do really well for me here, but they take up a ton of space for so little yield. They're basically giant thistles. And they rarely survive the winter. So I've stopped growing them. Nevermind the work in eating one!
Chrissy, peppers aren't easy for me where I live. When I lived in the Midwest US, they were super-easy - plenty of sun and summer rains. In Western Washington, the season is short, the sun is lower in the sky, and it never rains in the summer. By September, I'm out there begging the peppers (and eggplants) to ripen. Some do, but some start rotting on the plant in the cold nights. Every year is a gamble.
I keep growing almost everything, because: A) I'm a plant addict, B) I keep shifting methods and varieties hoping I'll find the magic combination, and C) I'm a plant addict.
Charlotte, that garden of yours looks phenomenal.
Kellie, artichokes do really well for me here, but they take up a ton of space for so little yield. They're basically giant thistles. And they rarely survive the winter. So I've stopped growing them. Nevermind the work in eating one!
Chrissy, peppers aren't easy for me where I live. When I lived in the Midwest US, they were super-easy - plenty of sun and summer rains. In Western Washington, the season is short, the sun is lower in the sky, and it never rains in the summer. By September, I'm out there begging the peppers (and eggplants) to ripen. Some do, but some start rotting on the plant in the cold nights. Every year is a gamble.
I keep growing almost everything, because: A) I'm a plant addict, B) I keep shifting methods and varieties hoping I'll find the magic combination, and C) I'm a plant addict.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 04:54:20 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 04:54:20 PM
I guess we can grow inside if there is enough light.
Not just starter plants to transplant.
Not just starter plants to transplant.
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 02, 2026, 05:27:08 PM
Post by: Dawn Kellie on April 02, 2026, 05:27:08 PM
The deer and hogs get a lot of what we plant. They think it a buffet. Im not allowed to shoot the lawn deer. Hogs that's different. They destroy lawn and pasture
Title: Re: Have you planted cauliflower?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 05:40:25 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on April 02, 2026, 05:40:25 PM
I may plant some basil.