Cauliflower - where did I go wrong

Anyone have any ideas. I planted Cauliflowers in May, they were plants that I had bought. I'm getting loads of green leaves and they are growing, but there is no sign of any curds. I presume by now I should have seen something. Should I dig them up? Or is here any chance that I can salvage something?

 

Papajo, you should be eating them by now. When planting Cauliflowers they need to be firmed in, the ground around them needs to compacted quite hard with your foot. Rather than binning them why not use then like Cabbage? David.

 

I presume we are talking about summer caulis papajo, and not the spring type that are really a kind of brocoli as I remember.

 

Hi, yes Pete, they were sold as summer cauliflowers.
Thanks David, I didn't know that you could eat the leaves, I have always put them in the composter. The soil was quite loose, it is clay on the bottom of the bed but I had added about 8 inches of compost on the top.

Oh well, there is always next year!!

 

Papajo, the ground really does have to be like concrete for caulis. David.

 

Thanks, Looks like that is where I went wrong.

 

For us its been a bad year for caulis this year probably due to the drought/ rain weather we have had.

We normally grow ours under enviro mesh tunnels and can often get very large caulis. This season has been very poor with very small heads compared to normal.