Earlier this spring I planted broccoli, along with a bunch of other brassicas (stuff related to cabbage). Although little heads started to form, they got leggy and tall and went to seed before ever really developing.
Along with my skinny, flowering broccoli I planted cauliflower -- which hasn't formed any heads yet -- and cabbage, which is still a collection of loose leaves. My Brussels sprouts have also yet to show anything more than a few loose leaves, although I'm pretty sure that my husband has been beaming bad thoughts to the Brussels sprouts every time he's outside, so maybe it's working. ;)
I haven't grown most of these plants before so I thought it was something I did wrong, but I was at a gardening class yesterday and found others who are in the same boat. We speculate that the weather this spring may be the culprit. I don't know if the amount of water was a problem, or maybe it was the lack of sunshine. Other than the lack of vegetables, the plants seem to be pretty happy so I guess I'll just wait and see if they do anything before the weather turns too hot.
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I am in st louis and looking for an organic gardening class. I am VERY new to gardening and generally have a 'black thumb.' Do you have any suggestions? do you like the class that you attend?
I am in st louis and looking for an organic gardening class. I am VERY new to gardening and generally have a 'black thumb.' Do you have any suggestions? do you like the class that you attend?
Hi Neta. Plans are underway to start an organic garden club in West County. I can't give details yet because there are a few things we need to finalize, but we do plan to start meeting in January at the new Whole Foods Market in West County. That will be an excellent place to learn about gardening organically!
The series of workshops I attended last spring (http://www.schlafly.com/goodgardenseries.shtml) were very good. As far as I know, they are not an ongoing endeavor but I won't be surprised if they do it again next spring. There were a lot of attendees and the workshops were very well-received.
One should be warned that the workshops were actually done from a biodynamic (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamics), rather than organic, perspective. The methods have a lot in common, but in my opinion biodynamics are a lot more involved and a lot more work than organic gardening as I know it.
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