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I have been watching (with pride!) my first cauliflower growing - a few days ago it was looking lovely and creamy with a 'tight' head, but when I went to the lottie today it looks awful, the florets are starting to separate and it has lost its creamy colour. Is it bolting? Should I have picked it earlier? It is still quite small and I was waiting for it to grow a bit bigger. It doesn't look very appetising now!
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You really do need to pick/cut them when the heads are nice and tight, same as any heading brassica. -
As rusty says, pick when they are tight and before they change colour or start to bolt.
They don't, as far as I know, grow any bigger if left!My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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If you want to keep them in the ground it is advisable to bend the leaves over the curd to stop it discolouring.sigpic�Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,�
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If they're separating, your cauliflower is "flowering" (going to seed) cut it and steam it sharpish!Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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