Cauliflower famine of 2015?

pmcgrady · December 30, 2015

Just went to our only local grocery...IGA...
Cauliflower was $7.99/crown/head....
Is there a shortage of cauliflower that I haven't heard about?

Worth1 · December 30, 2015

I have no idea there was huge pile of it at the store today.
I didn't check the price but I bet it was pretty cheap.
It normally is this time of year here.
Cabbage dropped from 46 to 42 cents a pound.

RobinB · December 30, 2015

Yes, there is a shortage. I noticed the prices are also in that same range in Nevada. I left it in the store, how about you?

http://www.thepacker.com/news/caulif...rough-end-year

pmcgrady · December 30, 2015

Had to stop starting cauliflower seeds, to answer this reply LOL...
Yes I left them in the store, I can get a lot of varieties / seeds for eight bucks.
Never had much luck growing the rural king Bonnie plants, this is the year I learn,
to grow cauliflower

pmcgrady · December 30, 2015

Wonder if it is a California, or Mexico shortage...

Worth1 · December 30, 2015

I'm going to the store tomorrow just to see what the price is.

RobinB · December 30, 2015

I'm starting some seeds this weekend, I've got snowball and the purple hybrid called grafitti. Purple is what happens when you let a 10 year old look at a seed catalog!

b54red · December 30, 2015

I'm having a cauliflower shortage but only because of the darn squirrels eating all my fall plants before I could even set them out in the garden. If it wasn't for them I would be happily munching on some cauliflower about now. I will have to wait for spring and see if I can get any of the new seedlings that are already growing set out and protected from the squirrels.

Bill

pmcgrady · December 30, 2015

Worth
I'm interested in price reports,
High dollar here, abundance in Texas?

Worth1 · December 30, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Worth
I'm interested in price reports,
High dollar here, abundance in Texas?

I will go tomorrow and check and report back.
I need pint jars for sauerkraut anyway.
I just wanted to get the devil out of there today.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · December 30, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

this is the year I learn to grow cauliflower

It hates the heat, even more so than broccoli. The heads tend to sunburn, so you may have to tie the leaves up over the plant with a piece of string.

pmcgrady · December 30, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

It hates the heat, even more so than broccoli. The heads tend to sunburn, so you may have to tie the leaves up over the plant with a piece of string.

Kinda like blanching?

pmcgrady · December 30, 2015

Cole
Is it worth trying to grow in central Illinois?

Cole_Robbie · December 31, 2015

Well, the weather has to co-operate. The problem in 2013 & 14 was a very quick transition from hard freeze nights to 90 degree days. Then early 2015 was a monsoon, most crops rotted in the field. My family did have a decent cauliflower crop in a late garden this year, though, because it didn't get very hot in August and September.

If you want to make it through hot weather, it would be a good candidate for shade cloth. 2015 didn't get hot enough to need it, but that is a rarity.

natural · December 31, 2015

$7.99 each?!!
I've got around two dozen heads growing in the garden. Maybe I'll sell them

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December 30, 2015	#1
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Cauliflower famine of 2015? Just went to our only local grocery...IGA... Cauliflower was $7.99/crown/head.... Is there a shortage of cauliflower that I haven't heard about?

December 30, 2015	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have no idea there was huge pile of it at the store today. I didn't check the price but I bet it was pretty cheap. It normally is this time of year here. Cabbage dropped from 46 to 42 cents a pound.

December 30, 2015	#3
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	Yes, there is a shortage. I noticed the prices are also in that same range in Nevada. I left it in the store, how about you? http://www.thepacker.com/news/caulif...rough-end-year

December 30, 2015	#8
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I'm having a cauliflower shortage but only because of the darn squirrels eating all my fall plants before I could even set them out in the garden. If it wasn't for them I would be happily munching on some cauliflower about now. I will have to wait for spring and see if I can get any of the new seedlings that are already growing set out and protected from the squirrels. Bill

December 31, 2015	#14
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Well, the weather has to co-operate. The problem in 2013 & 14 was a very quick transition from hard freeze nights to 90 degree days. Then early 2015 was a monsoon, most crops rotted in the field. My family did have a decent cauliflower crop in a late garden this year, though, because it didn't get very hot in August and September. If you want to make it through hot weather, it would be a good candidate for shade cloth. 2015 didn't get hot enough to need it, but that is a rarity.

December 31, 2015	#15
natural Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North GA Posts: 530	$7.99 each?!! I've got around two dozen heads growing in the garden. Maybe I'll sell them .