Veg4Show

My large cabbage are growing away nice and i have about 25 of these to plant out which will all require protection from slugs, birds and rabbits.


I have quite a few other cabbage in and some cauliflowers for eating. Cauliflower's for show need to be planted later and this depends on when your show is. It is notoriously hard to get good cauliflowers on show day, they are either to large, to small or don't match. In theory if you have a golf ball size cauliflower two weeks before your first show it should be just right on show day. The only way to ensure you have cauliflower's ready is to A: plant them at the correct time and B: plant as many as you can. Depending on what variety of cauliflower you grow will depend on when it matures, i personally grow mine 70, 80, and 90 days before the show. I do find that growing them under cover in a tunnel produces excellent cauliflowers, yet when planted outside they seem to be pretty poor quality. I don't have much room left inside the tunnel so i will fit as many as i can inside and the rest outside.