Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Leah I can't believe you guys are growing those plants right now. It is 109 degrees today and it would have fried them here in Phx. Good for you that you have them and are eating them. If you have too many broccoli plants - they get away from you for sure -Ha! You got the right idea - so go for it girl! Have fun. Judy in Phx On 6/22/06, Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002 wrote: > > Excellent Judy! That was exactly what I needed to know. Last night DH > and I were in the garden arguing about if the broccoli were tall enough to > cut yet. Guess he wins this time..... :-) > Now that I know, I will plant fewer broccoli plants next year and more > cauliflower plants and probably add cabbage to our adventures. > > Thanks! > Leah > > Judy Cozza <judycozza <judycozza%40gmail.com>> wrote: > We have grown it and eaten it for 10 years. > There is a secret to it like there is a secret to growing more and more > cabbages too. > > For Broccoli - it will grow upwards (duh) and then there will be a first > cluster coming up > the center. If you let it grow big and cut it to eat it - you won't get > much of a broccoli crop. > BUT - if you cut it while it is still small - but not tiny - you will > encourage tons of other shoots from all over to start shooting up. Keep > checking the plant and cut the broccoli stems as they get big enough and > you > will keep having broccoli until the cows come home. The more you cut - the > longer you will have broccoli.You can eat the leaves too. Delicious when > they are young and tender. So are the stems of the leaves. Jacob and I go > outside and cut the leaves and start at the stems and eat it all the way > up. > > Dr. Chen that I talk about (she is an immunologist) (see my blog) looks at > food under the microscope and sees which foods are best for your immune > system. Her quote, " If you knew what I knew about broccoli - you would > grow > it yourself and eat it everyday. " THAT should tell you something. GROW > BROCCOLI!! > > For Cauliflower - it grows in one big flower. I have not yet been able to > have more than one big cauliflower per plant. > > For Cabbage - after you cut the cabbage off of the main plant - you HAVE > to > take a knife and cut that part in half - not bearing down too deep. This > will encourage more and more and more cabbages to keep growing. It will > keep growing cabbages as long as you keep making that slit in the main > stem > that you cut off. If you do not make that slit after the first cut - you > will never get another cabbage from that crop. > > These are winter foods in Phx. > > Enjoy. > Judy in Phx > mawintheraw.blogspot.com > > On 6/22/06, Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002<l_morrison2002%40>> > wrote: > > > > For those of you that garden and grow broccoli & cauliflower, after you > > harvest from the plant the first time will it produce again? I have > gardened > > for years, but am new to growing these two vegetables. > > Thanks! > > > > Leah > > > > > > > > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Small Business. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Its funny how different the summer crops are depending on where you live. When I lived in Texas we planted pansies in the fall and enjoyed them all winter. In Iowa pansies are a summer flower. The first winter I went to Home Depot a was really upset that they didn't have any, then all of a sudden they were every where when spring finally arrived!! I *know* that different areas have different growing seasons, but for years pansies were a sign of fall and its hard to get that many years of programing out! Do you grow okra? I haven't had any luck with it in Iowa because the growing season is so darn short. But you should see my snow peas, lettuce and spinach right now!! Leah Judy Cozza <judycozza wrote: Leah I can't believe you guys are growing those plants right now. It is 109 degrees today and it would have fried them here in Phx. Good for you that you have them and are eating them. If you have too many broccoli plants - they get away from you for sure -Ha! You got the right idea - so go for it girl! Have fun. Judy in Phx On 6/22/06, Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002 wrote: > > Excellent Judy! That was exactly what I needed to know. Last night DH > and I were in the garden arguing about if the broccoli were tall enough to > cut yet. Guess he wins this time..... :-) > Now that I know, I will plant fewer broccoli plants next year and more > cauliflower plants and probably add cabbage to our adventures. > > Thanks! > Leah > > Judy Cozza <judycozza <judycozza%40gmail.com>> wrote: > We have grown it and eaten it for 10 years. > There is a secret to it like there is a secret to growing more and more > cabbages too. > > For Broccoli - it will grow upwards (duh) and then there will be a first > cluster coming up > the center. If you let it grow big and cut it to eat it - you won't get > much of a broccoli crop. > BUT - if you cut it while it is still small - but not tiny - you will > encourage tons of other shoots from all over to start shooting up. Keep > checking the plant and cut the broccoli stems as they get big enough and > you > will keep having broccoli until the cows come home. The more you cut - the > longer you will have broccoli.You can eat the leaves too. Delicious when > they are young and tender. So are the stems of the leaves. Jacob and I go > outside and cut the leaves and start at the stems and eat it all the way > up. > > Dr. Chen that I talk about (she is an immunologist) (see my blog) looks at > food under the microscope and sees which foods are best for your immune > system. Her quote, " If you knew what I knew about broccoli - you would > grow > it yourself and eat it everyday. " THAT should tell you something. GROW > BROCCOLI!! > > For Cauliflower - it grows in one big flower. I have not yet been able to > have more than one big cauliflower per plant. > > For Cabbage - after you cut the cabbage off of the main plant - you HAVE > to > take a knife and cut that part in half - not bearing down too deep. This > will encourage more and more and more cabbages to keep growing. It will > keep growing cabbages as long as you keep making that slit in the main > stem > that you cut off. If you do not make that slit after the first cut - you > will never get another cabbage from that crop. > > These are winter foods in Phx. > > Enjoy. > Judy in Phx > mawintheraw.blogspot.com > > On 6/22/06, Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002<l_morrison2002%40>> > wrote: > > > > For those of you that garden and grow broccoli & cauliflower, after you > > harvest from the plant the first time will it produce again? I have > gardened > > for years, but am new to growing these two vegetables. > > Thanks! > > > > Leah > > > > > > > > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Small Business. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 rawfood , Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002 wrote: >> Do you grow okra? I haven't had any luck with it in Iowa because the growing season is so darn short. But you should see my snow peas, lettuce and spinach right now!! > > Leah Thank you all for this thread about growing veggies! I am mostly a lurker since I'm really new to raw foods and feel that I don't have anything to offer anybody at this point! I do have a question about growing lettuce though if somebody can help. I live in SC where it's steamy hot right now - my husband and I planted romaine and butterleaf lettuces which have done extremely well. My question is similar to the broccoli question - was I suppose to cut off the entire top of the lettuce head and more would grow back? I didn't know what I was doing so I just pulled the leaves off the stalks instead of cutting a full head. They look so funny now - it looks like little lettuce trees with a trunk and the lettuce is in a bunch at the top! We also tried to grow spinach but it died shortly after we planted it. Any tips for growing lettuce and spinach? Thanks! Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 rawfood , Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002 wrote: >> Do you grow okra? I haven't had any luck with it in Iowa because the growing season is so darn short. But you should see my snow peas, lettuce and spinach right now!! > > Leah Thank you all for this thread about growing veggies! I am mostly a lurker since I'm really new to raw foods and feel that I don't have anything to offer anybody at this point! I do have a question about growing lettuce though if somebody can help. I live in SC where it's steamy hot right now - my husband and I planted romaine and butterleaf lettuces which have done extremely well. My question is similar to the broccoli question - was I suppose to cut off the entire top of the lettuce head and more would grow back? I didn't know what I was doing so I just pulled the leaves off the stalks instead of cutting a full head. They look so funny now - it looks like little lettuce trees with a trunk and the lettuce is in a bunch at the top! We also tried to grow spinach but it died shortly after we planted it. Any tips for growing lettuce and spinach? Thanks! Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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