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Romanseco
Hi there
I planted out some Romanesco in June, along with some cabbages and purple broccoli. I put some chicken manure in the bed before they went in, and they got another lot in August. The cabbages are lovely and tasty, and the broccoli is coming along well, but although the romanesco are lovely big healthy-looking plants, they're showing no signs of flowering. Aren't they supposed to be producing heads about now? Do I need to worry, or just eat my cabbages and be patient? Rhiannon |
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Romanseco
"Rhiannon wrote in message I planted out some Romanesco in June, along with some cabbages and purple broccoli. I put some chicken manure in the bed before they went in, and they got another lot in August. The cabbages are lovely and tasty, and the broccoli is coming along well, but although the romanesco are lovely big healthy-looking plants, they're showing no signs of flowering. Aren't they supposed to be producing heads about now? Do I need to worry, or just eat my cabbages and be patient? I found them a bit reluctant to produce heads too, got there in the end though, we now plant normal Caulies. Much more reliable. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here. |
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:16:53 +0100, Rhiannon Macfie Miller
wrote: I planted out some Romanesco in June, along with some cabbages and purple broccoli. I put some chicken manure in the bed before they went in, and they got another lot in August. The cabbages are lovely and tasty, and the broccoli is coming along well, but although the romanesco are lovely big healthy-looking plants, they're showing no signs of flowering. Aren't they supposed to be producing heads about now? I cannot speak from experience but my immediate reaction is that it is the chicken manure that is the cause of your problem. Chicken manure is very high in nitrogen and will give you good results on leafy crops but where you want the FLOWER you need less nitrogen in the same way that if you fed nitrogen to tomatoes or bedding plants you would get all leaf and no flower. Pam in Bristol |
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Romanseco
Subject: Romanseco
From: Rhiannon Macfie Miller Date: 21/10/2003 21:16 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: Rhiannon YAMAICM£5 -- Rhiannon http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/ Q: how many witches does it take to change a lightbulb? A: depends on what you want it changed into! |
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Rhiannon S wrote:
Subject: Romanseco From: Rhiannon Macfie Miller Date: 21/10/2003 21:16 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: Rhiannon YAMAICM£5 If IAY then you already have it. Rhiannon |
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Pam Moore wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:16:53 +0100, Rhiannon Macfie Miller wrote: I planted out some Romanesco in June, along with some cabbages and purple broccoli. I put some chicken manure in the bed before they went in, and they got another lot in August. The cabbages are lovely and tasty, and the broccoli is coming along well, but although the romanesco are lovely big healthy-looking plants, they're showing no signs of flowering. Aren't they supposed to be producing heads about now? I cannot speak from experience but my immediate reaction is that it is the chicken manure that is the cause of your problem. Chicken manure is very high in nitrogen and will give you good results on leafy crops but where you want the FLOWER you need less nitrogen in the same way that if you fed nitrogen to tomatoes or bedding plants you would get all leaf and no flower. Thanks. So is there anything I can do about it now? Given that the three types of plant are interspersed (I was saving space)? Rhiannon |
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