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  • My First Ever Cauliflowers (The Ones I Thought I Had Messed Up)

    I posted a few weeks ago that I thought I had failed my cauliflowers, as the leaves were so huge and no sign of a curd. Its the first time I have ever grown any brassicas of any kind and I was convinced I hadnt been feeding enough. Well, I have an update!

    I cannot quite express the buzz I felt when I peeked inside my cauliflowers tonight and saw this:




    This one has black spotty things all over it - I am not sure what they are - I presume they are eggs or bugs. Will it be ok to eat once washed? Muesli, my elderly bunny rabbit, is going to have an absolute field day !



    If you had asked me just a couple of years ago if I would be so excited as I am now from gardening, I would have thought you were barmy!! Now I think its the bees knees!!
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    Last edited by Helgalush; 03-08-2011, 10:59 PM.

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    Looks great to me - I love cauliflower. A quick rinse and some cheese sauce should see it right.
    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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    • #3
      Fantastic! I've not grown cauliflower before but I really must add it to my seed list one of these years.
      come visit a garden
      or read about mine www.suburbanvegplot.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        So glad that your caulies are so good. As for the black spotty things - without being too indelicate, it is caterpillar **** - just rinse it off and get cooking. Enjoy!
        Last edited by sewer rat; 04-08-2011, 04:38 PM. Reason: spelling
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        British by birth
        Scottish by the Grace of God

        http://scotsburngarden.blogspot.com/
        http://davethegardener.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Thank you - being rinsed and rinsed and rinsed again as I type (thanks to my other half). It was covered in green slimy stuff so I think you are right - eurgh, gross. Puts you off a bit!

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          • #6
            Why would it put you off? Look at it as being a part of your cauliflower that has been recycled!
            Rat

            British by birth
            Scottish by the Grace of God

            http://scotsburngarden.blogspot.com/
            http://davethegardener.blogspot.com/

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            • #7
              I guess so. I'm just not used to seeing *ahem* excrement on my food!

              It was very tasty though I must say.
              Last edited by Helgalush; 04-08-2011, 11:45 PM.

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              • #8
                yups, caterpillars aren't the most hygeinic beasties with their toilet behaviour but a quick sploosh under a running tap gets rid of the mess. My granny used to say what you don't know about doesn't bother you and you know, she was correct

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