Bending cauliflower leaves to protect heads

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Bending cauliflower leaves to protect heads
« on: July 15, 2011, 16:41 »
Sorry to be so thick but is there a way of bending the leaves over the cauliflower heads that stops them from going yellow - what I mean is do you fasten the leaves together or do they stay put one you have bent them  :blush:
Feel so silly asking but these are my pride and joy (have cut 2 already and still got about 6 more coming along (one is being eaten by something in exactly same way as my broccoli heads :mad:). They are my very first crop (sorry I have mentioned this in previous post  ::)) and I want to protect them. I'm so sad I know!
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Re: Bending cauliflower leaves to protect heads
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 16:46 »
You can bend them over so that the central stem of the leaf snaps, or try a clothes peg and peg a couple together over the curd.

Don't leave them too long, especially in this weather, or they'll "blow".
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: Bending cauliflower leaves to protect heads
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 17:26 »
Don't leave them too long, especially in this weather, or they'll "blow".

I know the feeling  :D

Thanks DD - I'm on to it.


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