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Is there a trick to broccoli/cauliflower?

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Posted by Edymnion z7 (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 23, 12 at 11:26

I've now tried growing broccoli romanesco twice (more closely related to cauli than broccoli), and I've failed both times.

First time I planted it in the spring, got huge leafy plants, but no heads. This time I planted them after my corn harvest so they would mature in the cooler weather, but again I never got a head. I just picked seed pods off the thing where it had bloomed and set, but never anything remotely resembling a head.

Is there a trick to this that I just don't know yet?

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RE: Is there a trick to broccoli/cauliflower?

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Using "how to grow broccoli romanesco zone 7" (without the quotes) in my fav search engine, I located considerable info, among them this from Cornell:
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene91d8.html

Here is a link that might be useful: broccoli romanesco in zone 7

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edymnion:

I have found that starting my brassicas as transplants always helps.

Shouldn't be too much of a secret to growing either broccoli or cauli though -- 1st thing I ever grew was broccoli and had success in moderate soil and novice gardening technique.

Bonnie plants says STEADY cool temps in the 60's( I imagine that's daytime or soil... dunno.

Kevin

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