The Poultry Keeper

woodsie · Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 10 Location: grantham, lincs

Why cant i grow collies like you can get in the supermarket, mine are quite good but i would like better, has anybody got a special way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7161 Location: isle of lewis

what's wrong with your collies Question

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

Caulies are funny things. I used to grow them years ago and they were all lovely. Then I tried to grow some in a different place and they looked more like sprouting than caulies. Last year I bought some plants I did very little with them, just stuck them in a raised vegetable bed and left them to it. I had some really lovely ones from them.
I wonder if it's to do with variety and maybe the goodness of the soil.

woodsie · Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 10 Location: grantham, lincs

i had six in my polytunnel and they did ok a few outside were also small some bolted a little and looked like a fat spider just want to grow the ASDA variety.
I think collies are quite fussy what they grow in any ideas would be great.

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

I think the soil around them needs to be firm so that they don't get rocked in the winds, especially when they're top heavy. Other than that I don't know. Maybe they need the soil to be well fertilised. My box was filled with compost out of my tumbler and then I bought a load of some sort of composted something. Sorry I can't remember it was a couple of years ago. These caulies of mine went into that, it had not been used for anything else.