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At a glance - cauliflower et al slugs and snails. Keep watering them as soon as they start to dry out. In the open ground… Sowing time March to June Harvesting time August or April How do I grow cauliflower and broccoli? Your seeds should be planted outside in rows that are about 1cm deep and roughly 5cm apart. The best way to make the straight rows is to position two pegs in the ground and stretch a length of string between them. From seed… In a seed tray… Sow your seeds in a moist tray of potting compost and cover them with a very thin layer of compost. Keep them well watered if they start to dry out and put them in a bright and sheltered place. Cauliflowers, Calabrese and broccoli are easy to grow plants that can be really rewarding to grow and very tasty to eat as well. How do I grow them? You can grow cauliflowers, broccoli and Calabrese from seed or you can buy the young plants in late spring for a quick and ready to plant solution. The seeds should be starting to poke through the surface after about a week. Then in about three weeks time they should be big enough to tease out the tray, trying not o damage the seedlings’ roots so that you can place each seedling in to a 7.5cm pot full of good quality compost. Make sure you water them in well and give them a dilute feed to keep them growing happily. Place the plants in a bright spot, ideally out of the wind and away from Once they have grown into small plants, the young seedlings need to be roughly 7cm apart. Pull out any that are too close together by hand. Then separate them out so that they are roughly 30cm apart. When to sow Different varieties grow better at different time of the year so check the seed packet before you sow. When to plant? When the roots have filled the 7.5cm pot and the plants are about 20cm tall then they can be planted out about 30cm apart but up to 45cm if possible. When to harvest? Different varieties will be available to harvest at different times of year. Calabrese and cauliflower grows from seed and crops all in one growing season but Broccoli normally needs to stand through the winter before they will crop. You can harvest broccoli as soon as the purple broccoli spears appear in the plant and the same also goes for Calabrese. Cauliflower is ready when the flower heads turn slightly cream coloured instead of white. It’s easier to tell some times by when the leaves that cover them start to draw back a bit so that the white cauliflower is sticking up above them a little bit more. You should use a sharp knife and cut the broccoli, Calabrese and cauliflower off just above a leaf, that way the plant will develop smaller shoots from its side and you can harvest these as well when they are ready. Where to plant? Ideally they should be planted in a sunny soil bed in a firm but rich soil. What to do next Keep your plants well watered and scatter some organic feed around their roots every couple of weeks to keep them growing happily. Keep an eye your plants as they grow and water them regularly in dry spells making sure that they are heavily watered to make sure their roots grow down wards to find the water table. As the plants grow taller they may need supporting. Put a bamboo cane in alongside the plant and gently tie it up with twine to stop it from falling over. Make sure that you harvest your crop in time or they can go on to produce beautiful yellow flowers that are not very good to eat, at least no where near as good as broccoli, cauliflower or calabrese should taste like When you have harvested your crops then you could also eat the leaves, they taste very similar to cabbage and can be used in the same way. Why not… Try growing lettuce between your plants. When your cauliflower, Calabrese and broccoli have grown quite tall there will be space underneath them that is going to waste or will be available for weeds to grow in. so why not save yourself a job and instead of weeding sow some lettuce seeds underneath the plants. Or why not try for another fast growing crop? Perhaps some cut and come again salad leaves? Or perhaps you could grow some basil or another quick growing annual herb underneath them.