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Post by diane on May 6, 2015 19:54:49 GMT -5
Purple Cape produces a number of heads so I can eat most and leave one for seed.
A head of cabbage can be cut high so that new growth occurs.
What about cauliflowers? Is there some way to eat the whole head, or maybe a part, and also have seeds from the same plant?
Diane
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Post by steev on May 6, 2015 20:30:20 GMT -5
Thinking of water-holding potential for rot, I'd not want to cut across the stalk, so as to harvest the top-central curd, but I bet you could pull off florets from the bottom, leaving a portion of the central top to bloom and seed. Looks like a good strategy to me.
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Post by ilex on May 7, 2015 18:12:57 GMT -5
Purple Cape produces a number of heads so I can eat most and leave one for seed. A head of cabbage can be cut high so that new growth occurs. What about cauliflowers? Is there some way to eat the whole head, or maybe a part, and also have seeds from the same plant? Diane Resprouting after cutting the whole head is a very rare event in normal cauliflowers. I've seen it a couple times and you could breed it for that. I would start crossing with broccoli. I just about always eat 25-75% percent of my seed heads. No problem with that, just make sure to put a stake so it doesn't break later as it will be vulnerable after the cut. Most heads will make plenty of seeds anyway. |
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