Okay, what happened?????
I’ve never grown cauliflower before.
And apparently, I’m not very good at it!
It was perfect for the first couple weeks, all purdy and white and a nice little compact round head and then all the sudden it turned evil! Started sprouting leggy growth and green and weird!!
I have looked in all my gardening books and yeah, yeah, they talk about tying the leaves up around it to keep it white, but this is clearly weird stuff…
Not enough sun?
Too much heat?
Too close to the broccoli?
(Which is not even flowering yet so I don’t think they cross contaminated each other)
What gives??????
I’m about to yank it out and plant the area with lettuce. If I cut the head will it keep growing and set another head?
Gosh… I need a cauliflower expert…. anyone know what is up?
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I’m thinking you needed to plant them earlier. They need very cool weather. Enjoy your blog and how you are choosing to live your life. The US needs more folks like you.
You didn’t harvest them in time. Calliflower and broccoli are jsut flower buds. After a while they will bloom. You did nothing wrong, that’s just what they do. You harvest when the heads are nice and tight.