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Post by flowerpower on Jun 1, 2012 6:37:33 GMT -5
FP, Are you going to get brave and eat purple broccoli?? Maybe with green tomatoes on the side? LOL Or just use it as a table centrepiece? I'll eat broccoli right after I go skydiving.  I am certainly not going to eat the pointy green brain called Romanesco. lol I know a few people who will eat it. It won't go to waste. Thanks, Bunkie.  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 1, 2012 8:40:47 GMT -5
Skydiving? You?? LOLOLOL Okay, Point taken (brains and all). But yes, I know you will find good homes for them. |
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Post by littleminnie on Jun 1, 2012 19:14:02 GMT -5
The Fibonacci sequence is so interesting it got me to try Romanesco again this year. I actually ordered seeds late. Last year my brassicas did poorly! I am giving it another shot. This was most of my harvest last season.  |
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Post by wolfcub on Jun 20, 2012 9:29:04 GMT -5
I will be more than happy with a crop like that. Did they take long to head? So far I have plants about 10 inches tall lots of healthy leaves and no sign of the cauliflower!
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Post by bonsaioutlaw on Jun 20, 2012 11:37:57 GMT -5
Mine are about two feet tall with no sign of the cauliflower/broccoli thing.  |
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Post by littleminnie on Jun 20, 2012 11:50:32 GMT -5
They won't do it until fall.
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Post by wolfcub on Jun 20, 2012 12:25:55 GMT -5
Thanks now I can stop checking them everyday!
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Post by littleminnie on Jun 20, 2012 13:27:37 GMT -5
I consider them a charming space waster. Such a long season.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 20, 2012 18:55:05 GMT -5
80-100 days from transplant doesn't seem that long to me. I have a cauliflower that takes 220 days. You plant it in fall and get it in the Spring. It's an ordinary white brain. Not green and fractal making...
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 22, 2012 8:36:29 GMT -5
We grow the Romanesco, the Violetto and a white called di Jesi. . The Violetto is by far and away my favorite for flavor. And I just received an e-letter from Seeds From Italy with a picture of a Cauliflower de Sicilia Violetta growing in the garden of their customer Holly Dumont. Imagine that! |
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 22, 2012 17:26:46 GMT -5
I can not imagine. She was probably bragging. Attachments:
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 22, 2012 20:41:18 GMT -5
I would think she has every right to do so. |
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Post by circumspice on Jun 22, 2012 23:04:02 GMT -5
I can not imagine. She was probably bragging. I am experiencing "Purple Envy"! I love all things purple! The master bedroom & master bath in my home are overwhelmingly, predominantly, riotously purple. I have even dyed my hair a deep, dark, subtle purple on occasion. ;D Also, I have "Weird Cultivar Envy". Brassicas seem to do pretty well down here, so I must try the Romanesco, the Violetto, the Cheddar cauliflower and the green cauliflower I've seen in some catalogs. (note to self: order this seed) Is the Violetto like standard broccoli, just purple? Likewise, is the green cauliflower like standard white cauliflower, just green instead? |
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 23, 2012 18:04:39 GMT -5
I have read that the Violetto is a heritage variety from Sicily.
It tastes slightly sweeter than regular brains.
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Post by steev on Aug 27, 2012 23:11:50 GMT -5
I just got some Romanesco Natalino and Verde Marchigiano cauliflower seed today; I must add these to the ~2 dozen Brassicas I've got sprouting for transplants. The first is so Fibonacci-attractive and the second looks like very delicate broccoli; yummers!
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I am certainly not going to eat the pointy green brain called Romanesco. lol I know a few people who will eat it. It won't go to waste. 
