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  • Leamington Cauliflower

    I've never done well with cauliflowers in the past and generally stick to the other brassicas, which I have much more success with. However, following a conversation with someone who used to grow near-commercial quantities of cauli, only a hundred or so yards from me, I'm going to give them another try this year.

    The chap told me that he used to grow 2 or 3 different varieties but the only one he could remember was Leamington. He said he'd sow then from early June and plant out from early August. I assume that he sowed successionally so they didn't all come at once.

    Leamington is quite an old variety and not too common nowadays, but I've found someone on Amazon selling seeds.

    Have any cauli-afficianados here grown Leamington? How did they do? Any tips on growing them? General cauli tips, or comments on the sowing/planting dates quoted by the old boy?

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    I originally tried "All year round" cauliflowers more than once and they were a big flop. Every other variety I have grown has been a success. I have never tried Leamington though. The only advice I would give though is firm them in well when you plant them out.

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    • #3
      Here's an old thread but its not much help!! Adaptive seeds don't sell Leamington cauli seeds now - I checked.

      https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...wer_70063.html
      Last edited by veggiechicken; 18-02-2020, 06:52 PM.

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      • #4
        https://hsl.gardenorganic.org.uk/seedlist/cauliflower

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        • #5
          Originally posted by greenishfing View Post
          I originally tried "All year round" cauliflowers more than once and they were a big flop. Every other variety I have grown has been a success. I have never tried Leamington though. The only advice I would give though is firm them in well when you plant them out.
          I had the same experience with All the Year Round. Possibly because I was growing them for summer cropping and they didn't like my well-draining soil and hot sunshine. that one of the reasons for trying a later-cropping variety.

          Thanks VC, I saw that old thread. I've found a seed supplier but I was just hoping there might be more knowledge of Leamington out there before buying.
          Last edited by Bonjour; 18-02-2020, 07:13 PM.

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          • #6
            English Winter/Leamington
            cauliflower English Winter/Leamington
            Also known as Mr Perkins' Leamington and Leamington Broccoli, this variety was first sold, and possibly raised, by a Mr F Perkins of Regent Street, Leamington Spa. It won a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1873. This hardy variety can be sown April/May to overwinter and the large, tasty, heads harvested the following spring.

            50 seeds

            https://hsl.gardenorganic.org.uk/see...nterlate-queen

            English Winter/Late Queen
            Cauliflower English Winter Late Queen
            The commercial variety English Winter was once the basic, hardy winter cauliflower. This vigorous strain was introduced in 1896 and bred for sowing in May, planting out in July and harvesting the following May/June. Suttons 1977 catalogue says, “Dwarf and compact. Extremely hardy, rarely affected by frost and produces splendid white heads.”

            How confusing is this? GO have 2 caulis called "English Winter" or am I misreading this?
            I think I have some English Winter seeds but the length of time the caulis took to mature has put me off trying to grow them. A year in the ground and no guarantees of success. Not my style.

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            • #7
              Oooer! That doesn't seem to tally with what I was told. Maybe he was confusing it with another variety?

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              • #8
                Here's what the Amazon supplier says about it. "A wonderful eye catching vegetable, old English heirloom variety. Cauliflower originally from Evesham the garden of England a plant, with a large creamy white head with large florets . Very easy to grow so one to plant in small quantities at intervals for an extended crop. It's extremely winter hardy and the harvest window stretches from October right through until March from a spring planting. "

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                • #9
                  some comments on this recent thread which you may find helpful https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...es_100873.html

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