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- From: "Tom at Limerock" <limerock AT thirdplanet.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:27:17 -0400
At what point do you tie it up?
Tom Anslow
Limerock Orchards
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower
> My experience with other kinds of cauliflower (purple, white, green)
> suggests that you may not have to but you might want to tie it up. The
color
> will be greatly improved (brighter, clearer) if you tie it up. Monte
> Packaging used to sell rubber bands designed for the purpose. They make it
> musch easier. You slip a couple dozen over your wrist like a wrist-band.
> Then you can use the same hand to gather the leaves. While holding them
you
> then use your other hand to slip the rubber band over the leaves. It goes
> pretty fast that way and I think it's worth the effort once the product
gets
> to market. Monte's website has been posted here before. By the way, other
> rubber bands might not work because sunlight will deteriorate them. The
> cauliflowrer bands are pretty heavy duty. They become handy for other
things
> as well.
>
> Bill Shoemaker
> Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
> Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
-
[Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower,
, 06/15/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower, Tradingpost, 06/27/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower, Wiediger, Alison, 06/28/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower,
Bill Shoemaker, 06/28/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower,
Tom at Limerock, 06/28/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower, robert schuler, 06/28/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Orange Cauliflower,
Tom at Limerock, 06/28/2004
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