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| This is the first time we planted broccoli and cauliflower; usually stick to tomatoes, beans and zucchini. Anyway, the plants are huge-about 2 1/2 ft high and 3 ft wide, yet there is no sign of anything developing in the center. Any ideas why? Is it too soon? |
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| Perhaps too much fertilizer? Mine usually start heading up a bit too early in response to cold spring weather followed by warm spell. I've cut broccoli side shoots for awhile now and replanted broccoli 2 more times. We like it a lot! A few years ago I spread a lot of rabbit manure in our zucchini bed and had huge golf-umbrella sized leaves and very little fruit in comparison though what fruit set was good. The picking was a bit more difficult and visitors commented about our dinosaur plants. Ha, ha. I skipped growing zucchini last year other than one plant in a smallish pot and just bought it at the farm stand. This year I was stingy with the compost and no manure. Plants are just starting to grow fruit now 4" in length, so going to grilling size soon! |
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| When did you plant them out? Mine went in the ground as 5 week old transplants in mid May. Most of the broccoli has headed up, and I started eating it about a week ago. Cauliflower takes longer. Last year, I didnt get main heads from any of my broccoli, just side shoots, but they kept going until frost. I think the plats were stressed from being in small containers to long. |
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