Cauliflower power: Organic farmer Martin Godfrey from Exeter shows off part of his bumper crop which supermarkets have rejected for being too big to fit on their their shelvesA farmer has a big problem on his hands after his crop of cauliflowers grew so huge shops won’t stock them.
Expert grower Martin Godfrey is now desperately trying to sell the whopping veg at farmers' markets after supermarkets rejected them for being just too much for their shelves.
Mr Godfrey, 43, who has farmed Shillingford Organics at Shillingford Abbot, near Exeter, Devon, for six seasons, was stumped after his two acres of caulies defied the elements to grow to five times size the average size.
The monster caulies weigh in at 5.5 Ilbs and are 18 inches in diameter, compared to half a pound and 5 inch diameter for an average sized one.
Supersize: The giant organic cauliflowers are a staggering five times the size of regular supermarket ones.Mr Godfrey sewed around two acres of cauliflowers with a handheld seed drill in May.The varieties included Long-ships, Christingle, Galleon, Sky-walker and Medallion.
The farm is fully organic and the seeds go into field nursery beds with the cold weather triggering growth.
He thinks the fact he sewed the seeds straight in to the fields rather than in glasshouses may be why they grew so big.
'The trouble is that supermarkets only take a certain size and form and yet these vegetables are wonderful.
'That’s why I am at Exeter Farmers’ Market every Thursday.
'I have been growing things since I was eight and I have to say I love caulies and cauliflower cheese has to be my favourite meal.'
Mr Godfrey, who runs about 35 acres of vegetables on a farm covering some 300 acres, said he was so proud of his cauliflower crop that he was inviting people to come around and see them for themselves.
His giant caulies are on sale for £1 each.
source: dailymail
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