Oh bugger!!! went to hit the back space and hit enter instead… spelt cauli wrong:(
Oh who cares????
Okay found thi little bugger out in the white cauli crop area.
What caused this and is it eatable for human or bunnies??
Growing in the no-dig area of the garden. Grown them there before and no problem in by gone years.
Lucky1 said:
Oh bugger!!! went to hit the back space and hit enter instead… spelt cauli wrong:(Oh who cares????
Okay found thi little bugger out in the white cauli crop area.
What caused this and is it eatable for human or bunnies??
Growing in the no-dig area of the garden. Grown them there before and no problem in by gone years.
It’s a female cauli I reckon. Because it’s pink!
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
Oh bugger!!! went to hit the back space and hit enter instead… spelt cauli wrong:(Oh who cares????
Okay found thi little bugger out in the white cauli crop area.
What caused this and is it eatable for human or bunnies??
Growing in the no-dig area of the garden. Grown them there before and no problem in by gone years.
It’s a female cauli I reckon. Because it’s pink!
Over on OZgarden… was told it could be through weather fluctuations and so its off to the worm farm….leaves to the choops.
I’ve seen purple cauli’s in WWorths sometimes…why don’t you just break a bit off and see if it tastes OK? If it’s bitter, by all means recycle it in the farmyard, but why waste a good vegetable on them if the people can still get a meal from it?
I think sun exposure can cause this, if I remember rightly.
bluegreen said:
I think sun exposure can cause this, if I remember rightly.
As its only little, I’ll worm tucker it.
There is a tendency for some caulifloiwers to turn yellow and some to turn purple. Depends a little upon the breeding in your seed and the Ph of the soil..
You are not giving your cauli’s enough water and fert.
You are planting them too late..
You are planting them too late.. and or.. you’d be better off planting seed in January than buying seedlings from that superstore.
roughbarked said:
You are planting them too late.. and or.. you’d be better off planting seed in January than buying seedlings from that superstore.
could have been a bit late in the season.
Pep is coming tomorrow, I’ll show it to him and see what he thinks.
Way too late unless you live in Tasmania.
Dinetta said:
I’ve seen purple cauli’s in WWorths sometimes…why don’t you just break a bit off and see if it tastes OK? If it’s bitter, by all means recycle it in the farmyard, but why waste a good vegetable on them if the people can still get a meal from it?
I’d be careful. There was a foodie expert on the radio the other morning (‘cause of all the power loss issues at the moment). She was saying (and logical as it is, I’d never considered it) that if off food looked, smelt or tasted bad no-one would get sick from food poisoning. Something like 400 people a year die from food poisoning.
The purple could be the plant taking up some mineral from the soil. What the mineral is would give you some clue as to the potential toxicity of the head.
Have you tried the font of all wisdom and knowledge – google?
Simple science..
place a tiny amount under your tounge.. wait and see your mouth reaction.. you will know if it is toxic.
roughbarked said:
Simple science..place a tiny amount under your tounge.. wait and see your mouth reaction.. you will know if it is toxic.
Bullsh*t…. you come over and do that & I’ll visit you in hospital if need be….LOL
Here is a photo of some I have harvested from the same punnet & area.
what was the source of your seed, Lucky?
that right one has the shape of a Romanesco, without the green colour, and you can get purple and pink varieties of cauliflower. it could be your seed has been crossed with other varieties. even if it is sun damage I don’t think it would hurt you, but might not taste as good.
Seriously..
do something with your planet.
either stop buying crap breeding from your supplier or start sh=tting on your spoil.. deliberately
your cauliflowers look like tha because they are planted at the wromng time.. more than anything else.. but your soil also needs improving.
otherwise you may try blaming it on global warming rather than your impulse buying at Nunnings
no .. it won’t poison you.
no need to be rude roughbarked. you make have some knowledge about the nursery business but there is no call for that attitude. you have Lucky pegged out all wrong, and I know because I have known her for many years.
roughbarked said:
Seriously..do something with your planet.
either stop buying crap breeding from your supplier or start sh=tting on your spoil.. deliberately
your cauliflowers look like tha because they are planted at the wromng time.. more than anything else.. but your soil also needs improving.
otherwise you may try blaming it on global warming rather than your impulse buying at Nunnings
Ok. So how do we know what is good seed or not ?
Whats the right time to plant cauli’s in each state?
As for watering, we water when the ground looks dry I suppose.
bluegreen said:
what was the source of your seed, Lucky?that right one has the shape of a Romanesco, without the green colour, and you can get purple and pink varieties of cauliflower. it could be your seed has been crossed with other varieties. even if it is sun damage I don’t think it would hurt you, but might not taste as good.
Meant to be white ones from the toyshop.
roughbarked said:
Seriously..do something with your planet.
either stop buying crap breeding from your supplier or start sh=tting on your spoil.. deliberately
your cauliflowers look like tha because they are planted at the wromng time.. more than anything else.. but your soil also needs improving.
otherwise you may try blaming it on global warming rather than your impulse buying at Nunnings
Hhhmmmm
Maybe I did plant them at the wrong time… a few weeks late into the season. BUT there is nothing wrong with my soil…..we are in a drought here and can only water when the government say we can.
bluegreen said:
no need to be rude roughbarked. you make have some knowledge about the nursery business but there is no call for that attitude. you have Lucky pegged out all wrong, and I know because I have known her for many years.
Thank you Bluegreen.
otherwise you may try blaming it on global warming rather than your impulse buying at Nunnings
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Not a lot of nurseries close to me and so I get what I can get where I can get it.
I also am I carer and at times don’t have time to sow and nurse seeds…..killed off many I have sown when my hubby is sick. So sometimes seedlings is what I do with.
Maybe I did plant them at the wrong time… a few weeks late into the season. BUT there is nothing wrong with my soil…..we are in a drought here and can only water when the government say we can.
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Drought is .. something wrong with your soil.. it isn’t a personal denigration.. Timing is something you can read on the seed packet.
roughbarked said:
Maybe I did plant them at the wrong time… a few weeks late into the season. BUT there is nothing wrong with my soil…..we are in a drought here and can only water when the government say we can.>>>>>>
Drought is .. something wrong with your soil.. it isn’t a personal denigration.. Timing is something you can read on the seed packet.
So sometimes seedlings is what I do with.
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what is wrong?
ok it was a space between the arrows?
<<<<<<<<<<< still I am a carer too .. I have a wife with a broken hip who has also moved out and expects me to do her washing and mow her lawn.. etc.. I still say if you are a gardener.. sow seed before buying sedlings.. it really is much easier and cheaper and with better outcomes.
sow seed before buying sedlings.. it really is much easier and cheaper and with better outcomes.
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I do this most times…… I even save my own seeds.
I am even a member of “Diggers”
If it is any consolatiojn.. I sowed my cauliflowers from Nunnings seedlings and got a similar result.. mine were yellow.
If it is any consolation.. I sowed my cauliflowers from Nunnings seedlings and got a similar result.. mine were yellow.
my mushroom kit did something similarly disastrous from no fault of mine.. and this isnt the fist one.
finalised .. nunnings is a great name for them.
finalised .. nunnings is a great name for them.
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Actually I could turn that around if they gave me a job.
roughbarked said:
finalised .. nunnings is a great name for them.>
Actually I could turn that around if they gave me a job.
lol.
And my cauli’s went straight to seed..because I planted them too late obviously. My last lot were perfect.Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:
finalised .. nunnings is a great name for them.>
Actually I could turn that around if they gave me a job.
lol.
And my cauli’s went straight to seed..because I planted them too late obviously. My last lot were perfect.
As are my caulies too….. perfect that is.
My last lot were perfect.
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see?
a positive comment.
roughbarked said:
My last lot were perfect.>>>>>
see?
a positive comment.
Yeah BUT, they were seedlings and from Bunnings… I gather they were good because of the timing..and we got more rain last year..
I gather they were good because of the timing..and we got more rain last year..
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yup
thing is .. nunnings sell them when they should not be sown.. this in my book is a no no.. because it lulls people into complacency.
I gather they were good because of the timing..and we got more rain last year..
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yup
thing is .. nunnings sell them when they should not be sown.. this in my book is a no no.. because it lulls people into complacency.
roughbarked said:
I gather they were good because of the timing..and we got more rain last year..>>
yup
thing is .. nunnings sell them when they should not be sown.. this in my book is a no no.. because it lulls people into complacency.
Arhh ok..
That would be why some things don’t do well then, because I figure if it’s a seedling and for sale ( at that time) , then that is the time to grow it.
Well we learn hey.
:/
My point being .. which is why I could not make money as a nurseryman.. was to tell the truth rather than what the customer wants to hear.
which is also why I actually make money as a contracting nurseryman because what I do actually works.
Lucky1 said:
roughbarked said:
Seriously..do something with your planet.
either stop buying crap breeding from your supplier or start sh=tting on your spoil.. deliberately
your cauliflowers look like tha because they are planted at the wromng time.. more than anything else.. but your soil also needs improving.
otherwise you may try blaming it on global warming rather than your impulse buying at Nunnings
Hhhmmmm
Maybe I did plant them at the wrong time… a few weeks late into the season. BUT there is nothing wrong with my soil…..we are in a drought here and can only water when the government say we can.
lucky i planted mine later then yours and they where fine as well, may be it was the place where you got them from the people they get supplied by, planted the wrong seed or wrong label its happened to me i got some capsucims they werent ment to be the Califrone wounder and it wasnt correct.
roughbarked said:
Seriously..do something with your planet.
either stop buying crap breeding from your supplier or start sh=tting on your spoil.. deliberately
your cauliflowers look like tha because they are planted at the wromng time.. more than anything else.. but your soil also needs improving.
otherwise you may try blaming it on global warming rather than your impulse buying at Nunnings
Roughbarked why dont you just leave it alone seeds in packets can still be wrongly labelled.
the caulis look extremely edible to me.
it can’t be your soil because you grew ten perfect broccoli heads.
most likely its a genetic breeding thing – try boiling the purple one to see if it changes colour.
as an aside – perfection is not achievable – flower arrangers are deliberately using imperfect leaves and flowers because they have more ‘character’. likewise you could see these unusual garden products as something better than normal.
its not only the toy shop that sells suspicious products – tonight i’m throwing out two rotten spuds from a newish bag bought from a s/mart.
roughbarked not everyone is able to grow seedlings them self, i dont have much time to spend in my garden as it is dark as soon as i get home from school and i am busy on weekends.
It is simply true though that if you don’t get the timing and the water and fertilizer correct.. that one is generally better off buying cauliflowers from the grocer.
We don’t have the water unless it is a wet year.. then we have the snails and slugs. So it is like this.. When you plant cauliflower they are up to five bucks a kilo.. when you are expecting to get something from your slug ridden cauliflower patch.. you can buy them for ten cents each at the grocer.
Same with celery
There are perhaps some places in Australia where cauli’s grow well every year and there are definitely many in the good seasons when rain comes for free but some veges are simply too hard to be worth any more than the fun of trying in general.
My advice was that seed should be sown in early summer.. or.. seedlings should be obtained as early as you can get them.. putting them in late is tantamount to wasting your time.
Water must be supplied at the rate the plant requires to actually make squeaky noises as the leaves can be heard growing.. otherwise the results are sure to be less than satisfactory.
Liquid fertilisers should be applied often as these plants are heavy feeders.
The way to get good heads is to fill them with water and food..
There is a shortage of phosporus in our soils . We can replace it and other nutrients but water is the real key.
I actually have pseudo-perennial broccoli and cauliflower.. they stay alive and grow .. have done now for more than six years. I take cuttings and plant them.. I still rarely get a good cauli hear.. Broccoli though is a different matter.
all the other ones where good if you cant read it was just this one plant.
When you plant cauliflower they are up to five bucks a kilo.. when you are expecting to get something from your slug ridden cauliflower patch.. you can buy them for ten cents each at the grocer.
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which is a good reason for planting crops out of season.
i live fairly close to lucky – north of adelaide. i can plant summer crops on sept. 1 and again on dec 1. there is sufficient sun, and lack of frost, for both planting times to be successful.
good meaty topic roughbarked, and one that will probably never be resolved.
looks like a normal and healthy purple cauli to me. maybe a stray seed from a year or two before (purple caulis) finally grew when you happened to grow the other caulis there this time. or perhaps could even be a purple cauli seedling in an otherwise white cauli seedling bulk container. purple cauli goes a nice bright green color when cooked.
Nothing normal about it at all
purple cauli is fine .. I’ll acept that
but at this time of year there is no way it will make a good cauli.. like the kind you buy.. unless you live in Tasmania.
I have cauli’s growing permanently.. like yeah .. I don’t pull them out like other folks do.
I’ve all ways been an experimenter.
So I know when cauliflower perform best and this just ain’t the right timing.
The recent cold snap made me think maybe that batch of cauli’s will head.. but then the back of my brain said “you know better than that”