My Cauliflowers have gone limp overnight

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  1. Peggy640

    Peggy640 Apprentice Gardener

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    My cauliflower was almost ready to harvest in then next week or so and is of tennis ball size. I went out to check them today as I do everyday and the leaves have gone all limp and soft.

    What could this be and should I just harvest them now?

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Not sure why they have gone limp so quickly , but they look ready to me.
    Surely not a water problem.
     
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      Could they have dried out? Are they in pots?
       
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        They look pretty good otherwise, yours are much cleaner than mine which have slug eaten leaves.
         
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        they could have. I haven’t been on my best watering game these last few weeks. I watered them this evening and will see if they perk up. They’re in a raised planter, I was worried incase it was a disease
         
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          you should have seen my others. Caterpillars got at my first batch and they was a mess. Thankfully I protected these ones much better from the butterflies
           
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