Today we finished planting the cauliflower patch where the watermelons used to be. This section took about 6 hours start to finish, to convert from growing watermelons to freshly planted cauliflower.
This is a new approach to the drip irrigation setup. The header pipes were spaced wide, for watermelon vines, by using the spacer pipes between each spigot pipe. To convert to narrow spacing was a simple process of unscrewing the spacer pipes and screwing on the spigot pipes. This took the area quickly from 6 wide row to 11 narrow rows. But the Crenshaw melons are not ready to come out, so this narrow spaced section simple screwed right into the existing wide melon header in place. No changes required to the rest of the setup. I am pleased with the flexibility and ease of change with this drip irrigation system we are developing.
So.. as of today we have 11 rows of 70 yards each, with two types of heirloom cauliflower.
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| Here is the new patch... right next to the crenshaw melons in the background. |
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| You can see where the narrow spaced cauliflower row header connects into the wide spaces melon header. as easy as screwing two pipes together! |
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| Imagine this filled with cauliflower plants, half purple, half white.. ready for the slow winter growth. |
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