Actually it's our second head, but we ate the first one without taking a picture:
The white balance on this photo is all screwed up; it's actually quite white.
I'm only gloating because I failed so completely the previous two seasons!
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Never eat anything bigger than your head:Francis Barnswallow wrote:That's a lot of cauliflower.
We ate 1/3 of this last night; it was terrific!
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The bad news is that I didn't keep any notes on this.Francis Barnswallow wrote:How long did it take the cauliflower to grow that big?
I think I transplanted the starts in mid-October.
I haven't really tracked the progress of individual heads because I have row covers over the entire row, and it's a PITA to pull off and inspect, so I only look maybe once a week to see if anything is edible.
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Two more heads!
The good news is that all the cauliflower has been terrific. The bad news is that these are the last two heads, and we've also eaten all broccoli heads.
The decapitated plants don't seem to be sending up florets like the broccoli did, and my Brussels Sprouts are just pathetic*, so I might just dig up that whole bed and plant something new.
I can allegedly plant new Brassicas in February in Los Angeles, but it can get very warm as early as April, so I'll probably try something better suited for warm-ish weather.
* the BSprouts are only about a foot high, and have just a handful of <1" sprouts on them. I might pick a few this week, just to try them out, but I'm not too hopeful, given the size.
The good news is that all the cauliflower has been terrific. The bad news is that these are the last two heads, and we've also eaten all broccoli heads.
The decapitated plants don't seem to be sending up florets like the broccoli did, and my Brussels Sprouts are just pathetic*, so I might just dig up that whole bed and plant something new.
I can allegedly plant new Brassicas in February in Los Angeles, but it can get very warm as early as April, so I'll probably try something better suited for warm-ish weather.
* the BSprouts are only about a foot high, and have just a handful of <1" sprouts on them. I might pick a few this week, just to try them out, but I'm not too hopeful, given the size.
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Daytime highs are anywhere from high 50s to mid 70s, and nighttime lows are in the mid-40s up to mid 50s.applestar wrote:Nice cauliflower
I hear you can eat the leaves.
What are the temps like now? Ready for tomatoes yet? Or is it more like potato planting weather? Your area would grow peas ad favas during the winter, too, right?
I'm not sure what I should be growing!
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