purple tinge on cauliflowers

[mr and mrs lotty]

we have noticed that our cauliflowers have developed a purple tinge can anyone tell us why Thanks

[Cloud]

It could be the variety you are growing.Certain types of cauli's try to revert to their natural colour which is purple.

[Cutecumber]

It's happened to one of mine, too - it's a "Freedom".

I think it's happened before and they were fine to eat.

[scarey55]

I had it on my cabages too but it just sort of grew out. Cabages tasted fine too.

[Edit]
Just realised this is your first posting so welcome to the Vine as well

[vegnut]

Welcome mr & mrs lotty. Don't want to make this to negative and i could be totally wrong, but if the leaves are turning purple, that could be a sign of clubroot. Are the plants stunted or do the leaves wilt during dry weather and recover at night. Hope it's not. Good luck

[SarzWix]

On most cabbages etc, I find that the outer leaves can get a bit of a purply tinge & sometimes fall off altogether, but the new leaves in the centre are absolutely fine. If the whole thing (inner as well as outer leaves) is going purple, I'd be tempted to pull one up just to check the roots are ok. A sprinkling of chicken manure pellets around the plants won't do them any harm if they might be lacking nutrients.

[Cloud]

This might help a bitCauliflower, harvesting and storing, help and advice with pest and diseases - page 3

[Snadger]

Are we on about the curds or the leaves?

[Cutecumber]

Oh! Good point! I thought we were talking about the curds!

Well, if it's leaves then it happens when they struggle to get certain nutrients. If the cauliflowers are coming up to harvest, don't worry - if they are young then you need to get feeding quickly.