| Growth and Blowouts |
Jul 17, 2008,17:10 |
| garden harvest cauliflower |
Although I have some beautiful ornamental purple peppers and the tomatoes are ripening, I had a few major failures. First, the cauliflower. Apparently cauliflower needs ideal cool temperatures so that it can flower and develop the part of the cauliflower that we eat. The same is true for broccoli. And in certain seasons, those temperatures are nearly impossible to achieve. Eventually the cauliflower develops amazing, healthy leaves, which make the lack of floret all the more disappointing. So I ripped them out for compost and started growing easier plants instead - basil and sorrel. I was especially disappointed because my cauliflower seeds were the first to sprout and the fastest to develop. They were healthy and I cared for them well... but neglected to control the temperatures and planted at the wrong time. I don't know that I'll try again next year... Oh well.
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