Posted: 8/31/2011 10:48:55 AM EDT
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I originally planted 10 cauliflower plants. Heads grew on 4, 2 of which I actually ate lol. The remaining two were had strange looking color on them so I pitched them.
My remaining 6 plants refuse to grow a head. They were all planted at the exact same time, and received the same amount of sun light, water, etc. I have 4 plants that have a stem that are 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall, with leaves going well over 3 feet. The stem kinda looks like brussell sprouts to me. All these little round balls all the way up the stem. The other two quitters are half the size, and look like a normal plant, except again no heads. Do I leave them alone and hope that the cooler weather helps, or should I just yank em all out? Here's some pic's. 
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| like stated above it got to hot. mine had the same thing happen and i have left them in but the cabbage worms are destroying them. they are now forming heads since it has cooled off a bit but they look horrible. i'm only leaving them in so the last few cabbages i have don't get destroyed lol |
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I vote for Brussel Sprouts. Never grew them myself, but I bet some ID got mixed up, somewhere along the line. They should last upto a heavy frost, since they are a cold weather plant, just like Broccoli , Califlower, and Cabbage.
Most of these are actually better tasteing after some real chilly weather hits them. The best head of Cabbage I ever ate was pulled the week of Thanksgiving. Went along to Maine on a hunting trip to have as a side dish with chicken potpie. Steamed with a little butter and spices, very tasty. |
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I'm almost 100% sure they were all cauliflower. I pulled all of them but one. It was a short one and it had a head on it. About 1" in diameter. Then I tilled up that whole side and put in 2 rows of radishes. For future reference, when you pull cauliflower plants up, the greens can be washed, chopped up, and blanched just like collards. They taste like sweet cauliflower. The same can be done with the greens on broccoli plants, as well. ETA: What you have pictured was, 100% without doubt, Brussels sprouts. (And you had a hell of a nice crop of them going, too.) If they are something you eat, and decide to grow them deliberately in the future, snap the leaves off between the little heads as the plant gets bigger, so that they have room to fill out, and harvest them from the bottom up as they get to eating size. |