Not sure the forecasters got this one right but it was just like a summer’s day. Plenty of long sunny spells and the temperature just nudging 20°C.
I decided it was time to transplant our cauliflower plants received from Marshalls a few weeks ago which have been carefully nurtured at home in an attempt to revive the plants.
A number of the plants were in much better condition, but were very leggy and have been planted very deep to try to overcome this. This is fine if you have a fantastic depth of top soil but on our plot digging a deep hole soon reveals the rather clayey sub soil. However there were some seedlings which I didn't consider planting out.
This leggy specimen had refused to produce any new leaves at all and as it had no centre it was never going to produce a cauliflower. I finished up with four plants that were consigned to the compost heap. I don’t want to spend lots of my time looking after plants that are never going to produce a crop. I’m still amazed that Marshalls think these were good quality plants.
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