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Post by Tucson Grower on Dec 5, 2022 12:22:32 GMT -6
I'm going to plant some orange cauliflower and purple cauliflower - I also might throw a green variety in there too. I plan to grow them individually in 25 gallon fabric pots. We will soon see how that goes.
I'm pretty sure these colored varieties are after great grandma's time - I wonder what she'd think of them.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Feb 4, 2023 16:03:14 GMT -6
Okay, now included with those planted out are, 5 orange cauliflower seedlings and 4 dark purple ones. I hope it's not too late in the season, already. Forecast predicted a high of 77F, but by 1:00 pm it was already, 88F.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Feb 24, 2023 7:47:40 GMT -6
They're planted out, and coming right along - still small though. Hopefully, there should be enough cool-time for them to produce, before summer heat arrives in April. We will see.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Mar 17, 2023 8:44:47 GMT -6
I planted my cauliflower in with the rutabega, but a few weeks behind. Like the rutabega, if the heat stops them I'll need to be sure to start them even earlier.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 1, 2023 22:34:43 GMT -6
It seems the rutabega can outperform the cauliflower, I've had to bend back some rutabega leaves, so the cauliflower won't be shaded out completely. I'd like to have both, if possible, but if moving a few rutabega leaves, eliminates a rutabega crop so I can get some cauliflower, okay. I just hope it doesn't eliminate, both. At least some pots only have one or the other - so no real competition, there.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Apr 2, 2023 9:42:30 GMT -6
Sometimes the dappled shade fair better for the cole crops when it’s hot. Depends on a lot of factors, but sometimes it’s helpful to have shade from nearby plants. I just transplanted cabbage and kale under the drip line of the pecan tree with the idea of them getting full sun before it leafs out (it’s usually the last to leaf out) but when the heat arrives, they’ll survive on dappled shade. It’s very good no till soil, so the probabilities are higher of success if fed well. Been my experience the heads can be smaller, but healthy.
Fun to expirament.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 14, 2023 3:30:04 GMT -6
They're located in my greenhouse frame and have a piece of tan shadecloth sheltering them from early afternoon sun. Unfortunately, it's coming close to time for me to abandon them, to make room for the summer crops. I expect I may get some rutabega, but the cauliflower seems to be langushing in our April heat. I guess I know to start them sooner in the coming season. Perhaps I'll attempt to relocate some to a shady bit of actual ground, instead of pots. Give them a little more time, see if they can still make something of themselves.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Apr 14, 2023 8:10:14 GMT -6
Good work. Yeah, because of my new garden expansion and inexperience at succession sowing, I promised myself that it is okay to rip out plants and move on. The roots being in the ground is good for the soil, I tell myself.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 14, 2023 10:14:14 GMT -6
Good work. Yeah, because of my new garden expansion and inexperience at succession sowing, I promised myself that it is okay to rip out plants and move on. The roots being in the ground is good for the soil, I tell myself. |
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