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Post by auntieemu on Feb 4, 2006 20:48:24 GMT -5
Our seeds are in and I started 35 or so tomato plants - I'm trying a heirloom variety called Morgage Buster. Tomorrow I'm starting the bell peppers and egg plant.
Question, has anyone ever heard anything about not transplanting broccoli or cauliflower until a head forms because it will not create heads until winter if you do?
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Post by dlangland on Feb 5, 2006 12:32:08 GMT -5
No, I have never heard that, Auntie. I have always just placed my seedlings in the garden as I have them hardened off. Cauliflower, for me, produces just one head each, so I pull the plants and replace with something else right away after harvest. But, of course, I live in the north. I often do both a early spring planting and another fall planting. With broccoli, after harvesting the main head, if you leave it, most varieties will produce side shoots. Whether I pull my broccoli plants up after the main harvest or leave them depends on whether I need the space for a new crop of something. Deb ;D
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Post by auntieemu on Feb 5, 2006 12:42:43 GMT -5
I wonder if it depends on where you live then. When I lived in Corpus Christi, Texas I sowed directly into the ground. When I thinned the plants I just hated to mulch them, so I planted them around the house in the flower beds. They did not produce at the same time the ones in the garden did. I had side shoots making smaller heads of both broccoli and cauliflower. Around the end of November DH came in the house and asked if I planned on harvesting the cauliflower or not. I had forgotten about it and the plants were so pretty that I didn't pull them out of the flower beds. So I go out and there next to the tea roses and bushes is this lovely white head. I think I got a bushel of cauliflower and another of broccoli. Nice to extend the season like that - and quite a surprise!
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