I've put this as a seperate post so that it doesn't get lost amongst the other photos. Does anyone know what the matter is with most of our cauliflowers? The flowers are brown, more or less from the word go I think, and they don't look right. I'm sure I've not sprayed them with anything other than soapy water, so it's a mystery. Am off to see if I can find anything online!EDIT: Have had a look at lots of online info, and it sounds as if my poor caulis have got sunburn! I should have tied the leaves over the heads, but I didn't because I tried it last year and the wind untied the string! But I'll tie the rest of them up later because I may be able to save some of them from damage. The curds aren't soggy so don't have rot.
Also, one of the other caulis has little leves coming up through the curd and apparently this can be caused by excessive heat... which we have had!
Conclusion - probably ought to just grow them in the winter, as a caulis optimum growing temp is 63F.
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Oh dear, that cauliflower does look a bit sunburnt! The only time we've successfully grown cauliflowers we planted them in the autumn and harvested in February/March - most leaf vegetables grow better here in winter than in the heat of summer. We can't even grow lettuce from now until September. There are lots of veg that do grow well in summer though - tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, etc.....
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