I need your help!!!

[cariann88]

Phew!! Had me worried there, thinking it could be a cabbage.

Going to go have a better look now at it and see.


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[cariann88]

When did cauli leaves taste like cabbage?


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[cariann88]

My fella thinks a rat has done it. Could they do this?

I don't think it is coz there is no way of getting in


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[teakdesk]

My fella thinks a rat has done it. Could they do this?

I don't think it is coz there is no way of getting in


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Well a rat can dislocate its joints to squeeze through holes much smaller than its body appears to be. I've had one go under a closed house door so one could have got in.

I don't know if I buy the idea that the damage that your photo seems to show came from a rat though. Are there any droppings? Rodents often run close to walls and leave a small path in their wake after a few weeks (a bit like a sheep path but smaller) so have a good look round. Also, items like windfall apples will appear in sheds or other places the rat takes them to eat in safety. They love compost bins and heaps where they leave tunnels in the warm compost.

What I'm trying to say is there are many other signs of a rat's presence than one damaged cauliflower!

[cariann88]

No nothing. So it's not a rat.

It's looking more like a cabbage to me....




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[RedThorn]

Either way, brassicas do better outside and not in greenhouses.......

[cariann88]

It was my first time growing them. But I know now for next time


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[RedThorn]

See my post on cheese thread? We're all learning all the time, one of the best things about life. Just didn't want that bit of info to be missed in the confusion

[cariann88]

Thanks RT. I'm still learning to. Never really had any success when growing. This is my 1st year nothing had died or gone wrong on me.


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[RedThorn]

You're better than me then! I still make new mistakes and some old ones....

[cariann88]

I've had a few pest that got a few of my veg. But ey oh can't help that one!


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[bearded bloke]

snap/ditto/as above mostly the same old ones in my case