sorry looking cauliflowers

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shokkyy

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2011, 13:30 »
Mine are finally producing some very small curds, but they do seem to be separating rather than staying tight so I suspect they're about to bolt.

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2011, 13:36 »
eat'em quick then  ;)

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2011, 18:13 »
all I get is a lot of leaf and no curds.

Caulis do not often stick to the timing on the packet. If you leave them they usually produce curds eventually.

Thanks Salmo, I will hang in there but they have very big leaves and look like my cabbages but with no middle, I am wondering if they are blind.

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2011, 18:21 »
That can happen. Last year I had a dozen caulis that were plagued with flea beetle and they ended up with no growing points. Look in the middles, there should be small leaves coming.

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #19 on: September 05, 2011, 18:41 »
I do not think I have flea beetle, but I do have clouds of white fly, would they cause a problem?

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #20 on: September 05, 2011, 18:55 »
eat'em quick then  ;)

But isn't it supposed to be hot sunny weather that makes them bolt? Not much chance of that this year :)

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2011, 08:11 »
Bolting can be caused by any sort of stress, although yes often the heat and dryness is often a trigger.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: sorry looking cauliflowers
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2011, 14:17 »
Whitefly are unlikely to have chewed the middles. They do not actually appear to do much damage but we notice them when a great cloud come off the leaves.


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