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Antipodean Bucket Farmer wrote:

In article KatraMungBean-
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says...
In article ,
Antipodean Bucket Farmer wrote:

In article KatraMungBean-
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says...
What would be the ideal pot size for a Cauliflower?
I've never grown them before! The brocolli are in a raised garden bed
and are getting pretty big, but the Cauliflower are still babies.

Do they get as big as brocolli???


I have serious space shortage, so I tend to compromise
and crowd a bit.

With 10-litre (2.5 gal) buckets, I put two cauliflower
or broccoli in each. I tried three to a bucket last
season, but that very crowded and seemed to stunt their
growth. With more space, I would be inclined to just
put one plant per bucket.

Last season's cauliflower didn't get as big as some of
the broccoli, but with good spacing, the cauliflower
heads can spread out a lot horizontally, compared to
the broccoli plants going mostly upward.

So I have a ton of 1 gallon buckets, and the space to put them in.
D'you think that, if the soil level is high enough, a 1 gallon would
work???


Like I said, I only have limited experience. But in
your situation, I would go ahead and try that.

Cool. :-)
Will report on the results.

Right now they were just transplanted from 1" pots into 4" pots and are
looking good, so when they get a little size I'll move them again. I
have 8 cauliflower plants.

The brocollis are in the large 6' by 3' deep planter and are getting
quite tall! My Escargot snails are having a field day with the leaves I
break off for them. lol



The thing I noticed from last season was (especially
with broccoli) after harvesting and emptying the
buckets. Three to a 10-litre-bucket had very densely
packed roots in the soil. So they were really
competing with each other. But maybe they would be OK
with your suggestion, if they are by themselves.

Thanks for answering.... :-) I appreciate it.

Have you ever tried container tomatoes?
I bought three of them and put them into 3 gallon pots with a cage.
They are in one of the portable greenhouses and this will be my first
try at winter hothouse tomatoes.

K.