I received a gift of a part tray of Brassica seedlings from the teaching assistant who worked alongside me in my class this year (before i broke up on Friday for 6 weeks fabulous hols!! - did i mention that?) that she got from the veg shop she works at on a Saturday morning.
As can be seen from the pic, they are a mixture of Cauliflower, Calabrese, Broccoli and (missing from pic) Brussels. I assumed that each of the corners represented the plants, but upon closer inspection this doesn’t seem to be true…most seem to be brussel sprouts! The tray was in quite a sorry state, so i have potted on about 9 seedlings, and binned the rest, plus i really haven’t got anywhere to put them, and i know I’m quite late getting them in anyway.
The theory is that when the current cabbages and caulis come out, these new little beauties can go in…here’s hoping!
July 28th, 2008 at 11:32 am
I’m impressed that you can tell them apart - I never can with young brassicas (except from red cabbage). Last year I planted out what I thought was broccoli and kale, and at least two of them turned out to be romanesco cauli!
Enjoy your summer break, and spare a thought for us poor folk who can’t take a holiday in August ‘cos we’re busy getting stuff ready for the new academic year…
August 17th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Thanks, very much enjoying myself…most of the brassicas are beginning to be eaten now!