Re: Cauliflower
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- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:54:10 EDT
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In a message dated 7/7/99 9:15:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
avantgareth@earthlink.net writes:
> Cauliflower and I don't get along. This is the second year I've tried to
grow
> it and...well, it's pinkish hue just didn't look too appetizing to me.
What
> am
> I doing wrong? I planted my transplants in April. Fertilized with Miracle
> Gro,
> dug in manure before planting, squished the caterpillars and rinsed off the
> poo, thankyouverymuch. Am I missing something?
Cauliflower is a cool weather crop. I never had any luck with it, either,
until I made it a fall crop, to come into maturity about the time of the
first frosts. Then I got snow white heads that were crisp and sweet, with
little pest pressure. Of course you have to blanch the heads, unless you have
a self blanching variety.
If it comes off during the heat of summer, it's really an uphill fight.
Pollinator@aol.com Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA
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