Mandolls, yes... six weeks is too long (unless they were in especially large pots). I don't let any brassicas stay in pots longer than four weeks and I get heads that weigh in at a pound and a half. They don't get any special treatment except protection against those damn cabbage worms. Mindyw3, I agree that the plant was probably stressed which caused the small head. Hold out for the side shoots and better luck next time. Your cauliflower shouldn't be the same size as it was a month ago. Are you putting these guys out too early (too cold)? What's the soil temp when you transplant them out?

Sorry but I have to agree, forget the peas. It is far too late for them but next year you can try growing them in February in your zone. And 12" pots aren't really big enough to grow much in - maybe some lettuce or maybe 3-4 onions or 8-10 salad onions. Peppers and tomatoes need their own pot - 1 each - and a much bigger one - 5 gallon bucket size is the minimum recommendation and bigger than that is better. You might want to do some reading over on the Container Gardening forum here as they can best advise on the sizes of containers you'll need for each vegetable and the potting mix to fill them with. Lots of great folks there who will be happy to help. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Container Gardening forum

Harvestman: The high brix on Early Blush along with very high brix on other outdoor fruit over the years tells me my outdoor shelter project will be worth the effort. I should have had the shelter up to beat this years freeze. When I do get some production I'm pretty sure I can achieve high brix outdoors without root pruning. Deficit irrigation will be the answer. My greenhouse has one flaw, it's a much more mild environment than outdoors. This reduces water demand and makes it critical that I tow the line on water applications. If not I get big watery fruit. All my experience says outdoors will be much easier to grow high brix fruit. This fruit will also be smaller and firmer. The Early Blush I just harvested was half the size of greenhouse specimens, much higher brix, and much firmer. What this tells me for those in mild, humid climates is that a greenhouse like mine would be hard to manage for good fruit. But a high tunnel where it gets hotter might still work. It also leaves me wondering where you guys stand outdoors in regards to water and fruit quality. That's why some brix measurements from you guys would be interesting. It would tell us all where you stand. This post was edited by fruitnut on Mon, May 5, 14 at 9:14

Here's a quick shot of the baby figs of my main crop. They are about the size of my thumb. We just moved to a new house little more than a year now, so all of my trees are still rather young, so that means they provide me a bundle of that first year harvest excitement/happiness :) video