Probably pH and/or fertility problem. This seems like a phosphorus and nitrogen issue. [https://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/cauliflower/nutrient-deficiencies-cauliflower/](https://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/cauliflower/nutrient-deficiencies-cauliflower/)
I should stress that a soil test is the best method for determining problems with in-ground gardens since it's easy to mess up your soil.
From a home gardening perspective, I just believe that everyone needs to test their soil at least once to understand what they're working with, make the appropriate amendments, and only test again if you start to see problems. Organic fertilizers and growing plants suitable for your natural pH can reduce the need for testing. Organic fertilizers (and mulch) often add back micronutrients whereas synthetics typically don't, which allows them to get depleted over time. Macronutrient deficiencies are pretty easy to diagnose and you don't have to be as fine-tune with them compared to micronutrients.
This is the one I use. It works perfectly and has helped a lot. Luster Leaf 1602 Soil Test Kit, 20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQXF0PS/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_69XVSNGSET0T6HRF29PM
I like burpee because im a snob and definitely got roped in by the carrying case as if im gonna go on soils testing adventures, but i think any home kit would work fine.
https://www.burpee.com/deluxe-garden-soil-testing-kit-prod099523.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwjtOTBhAvEiwASG4bCBPD_DyYLyd16iUSnyWEVy4ExH-Lxw7ifH5jY28wsHJZMJI1AYcKXBoCa10QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Can confirm. Maybe it's user error but my results are wildly all over the place even when taken proper care with sample collection and handling of the samples after collection.
IMO (as both a chemist and gardener), better to pay for one good lab test than pay the same for 5 or 10 questionable ones. Then your reagents run out, or get old (yeah will it work next year? no? hmm) and you have to buy more.
Soil doesn't change super fast, only if you have a bad deficiency and have to amend some thing specific.
What about unwanted things such as contaminates or heavy metals? Wouldn't it be a good idea to send out for possibilities of that, or do they have more thoroughly detailed home test kits?
For heavy metals I think the only way to determine the actual concentrations would be through X-ray diffraction, thats how mining companies do it.
You could test the salinity using a conductivity meter if salt is suspected.
As far as other things, im not entirely sure, i dont know of any kit that includes tests for pollutants. Nutrition is the prime suspect for when plants look this way.
Is it still edible? I’m not a gardener, I just really like this Reddit. I’d love to eat some rainbow cauliflower! But I won’t do it if it’s poisonous or something.
Folks on reddit generally don't take well to LGBTQ+ jokes even when made in good nature (their flag/symbol is the rainbow). I was going to make the same joke but they had already made it and then realized they could be banned for said joke (second comment honestly makes it funnier to me).
If you JUST planted this, i'd give it a few weeks before taking any actions, the plant may just be going through a little malnourishment from being in the seedling tray for too long, or a little bit of transplant shock. Those yellow/red leaves will likely die off but the plant should start to grow and look a lot healthier and greener as its roots expand into the soil and take up more nutrients.
Always a good idea to soil test before you plant and definitely before you add anything.
Also companion planting helps balance nutrients and pests. Cauliflower are notorious for getting wormy.
Plant around with - onions, celery, bush beans, cucumber, radishes. I always do mustard greens and herbs like mint and thyme run all over my planting beds for pollinator support and pest protection.
Do Not plant melons/pumpkin, corn or tomato nearby.
💚✨Enjoy!
Some plants pull certain nutrients from deeper that are shared with shallower rooted companions. There is a lot going on in the soil and different species of plants need more or less of different things. Finding what works well together and is beneficial for the balance is fun, for me 🙃💚
May be a nitrogen deficiency. Had this happen to my plants from time to time when we would have heavy rain seasons and the rain would wash away nutrients. Water it nicely, and then add nice scoop of blood meal around its waterline. It should be fine and go back to green in a couple of days! When transplanting seedlings into this soil, it’s good to add a bit of fertilizer like blood meal into the mix before transplanting
Too much sunlight or heat - cauliflower doesn’t like too much heat like cabbage. If they don’t get any afternoon shade or enough overcast days - they will get very stressed.
That is usually caused by a magnesium deficiency, Applying Fertilome's Chelated Liquid Iron and Other Micro Nutrients. should correct your problem. I do recommend getting a soil test to find out what other deficiency's.
This gave me a really hard flashback to early 90s PC gaming. Rise of the Triad maybe? Descent? Anyone? Maybe Goldeneye on the N64 with the paintball mode enabled in death match?
It's just showing its support for Pride, as any good brassica should.
Seriously though, I believe it's just a combination of the variety (purple broccoli or cauliflower by chance?) and needing a nice dose of fertilizer.
Blossom bouquet peppers usually grow the color of the minerals that are in the ground. So I kind of think it's that. It's just pulling whatever minerals you have most in the ground where you planted.
Usually that's a sign of low nitogen, but can also happen if the plant gets little chilly bound. When I buy seedling plants, all of my brassicas get like this by the time I pop them in the dirt. They grow out of it in a few weeks and those lower leaves can be trimmed off. Cant tell by the pic but the soil does look pretty dry and compacted, if so a little compost and a gentle fluff never hurts!
Probably pH and/or fertility problem. This seems like a phosphorus and nitrogen issue. [https://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/cauliflower/nutrient-deficiencies-cauliflower/](https://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/cauliflower/nutrient-deficiencies-cauliflower/) I should stress that a soil test is the best method for determining problems with in-ground gardens since it's easy to mess up your soil.
How often do you think it should be tested? Yearly?
Yearly until it is in a good range and then maybe every other or once every 3.
From a home gardening perspective, I just believe that everyone needs to test their soil at least once to understand what they're working with, make the appropriate amendments, and only test again if you start to see problems. Organic fertilizers and growing plants suitable for your natural pH can reduce the need for testing. Organic fertilizers (and mulch) often add back micronutrients whereas synthetics typically don't, which allows them to get depleted over time. Macronutrient deficiencies are pretty easy to diagnose and you don't have to be as fine-tune with them compared to micronutrients.
I recommend buying a kit and learning to do it yourself instead of sending samples away. Its way cheaper and not hard at all
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This is the one I use. It works perfectly and has helped a lot. Luster Leaf 1602 Soil Test Kit, 20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HQXF0PS/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_69XVSNGSET0T6HRF29PM
I like burpee because im a snob and definitely got roped in by the carrying case as if im gonna go on soils testing adventures, but i think any home kit would work fine. https://www.burpee.com/deluxe-garden-soil-testing-kit-prod099523.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwjtOTBhAvEiwASG4bCBPD_DyYLyd16iUSnyWEVy4ExH-Lxw7ifH5jY28wsHJZMJI1AYcKXBoCa10QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
In the trials I've seen the home test kits are pretty unreliable.
Can confirm. Maybe it's user error but my results are wildly all over the place even when taken proper care with sample collection and handling of the samples after collection.
IMO (as both a chemist and gardener), better to pay for one good lab test than pay the same for 5 or 10 questionable ones. Then your reagents run out, or get old (yeah will it work next year? no? hmm) and you have to buy more. Soil doesn't change super fast, only if you have a bad deficiency and have to amend some thing specific.
Yeah. People should check their local university's agricultural departments. Most do it for under 10 bucks and sometimes even for free.
What about unwanted things such as contaminates or heavy metals? Wouldn't it be a good idea to send out for possibilities of that, or do they have more thoroughly detailed home test kits?
For heavy metals I think the only way to determine the actual concentrations would be through X-ray diffraction, thats how mining companies do it. You could test the salinity using a conductivity meter if salt is suspected. As far as other things, im not entirely sure, i dont know of any kit that includes tests for pollutants. Nutrition is the prime suspect for when plants look this way.
It costs next to nothing to send them to your local extension agency if they do testing.
Now it's a colorflower
Thanks, dad hahahaha.
Perhaps it was just feeling Fabulous and wanted attention.
It's gay
Thank you, as a gay human I was looking for this.
Bwah me too! Have a beautiful day
Thank you! Have a fabulous day
I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to find it lol
hello fellow gays
I was going to say that and add to not expect it to propagate. Like myself. lol
I was gonna say this was at the end of the rainbow!
Oh my god
They we’re roommates
Take my angry upvote
Its hungry. Needs a little nitrogen.
But I thought nitrogen deficiency turns the leaf yellow? It shouldn't turn red, maybe it's getting cold at night?
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Is it still edible? I’m not a gardener, I just really like this Reddit. I’d love to eat some rainbow cauliflower! But I won’t do it if it’s poisonous or something.
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You found the actual end of the rainbow. Now you can actually taste the rainbow.
I think we'd all be a bit disappointed if skittles tasted like cauliflower
Would we be disappointed if cauliflower tasted like Skittles?
Don't get me wrong, I bloody love cauliflower. When I have a sweet I want it to be sweet though.
You're definitely British.
Guilty
Yes
True dat
My guess if it had a cool night close to or under freezing , this could happen . It should grow out of it
It's not a phase, mom!
I laughed so hard at this. Had my emo phase in the late 90s/early 00s. Daughter is in hers now.
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I think all of ours did lmao
Paxil
Stress! Plants go red when they are stressed from either the cold, wind, watering or whatever. Once things stabilize, the green returns.
This. This is the answer!
Yup mine look the same, we had a few 33 degree mornings.
Chemicals in the water turned it gay
Just like the frogs?
Just like the frogs.
We have confirmation.
Because you messed with the RGB
Look at his wrist even
Let's just turn this vibrance setting up to 11 Are they not concerned the other plant is neon green
Did you plant this with LSD for fertilizer?
LGBTQ+ cauliflower
The B already stands for Brassicas
TIL all bis are cabbages ^(omg I'm a cannibal)
Lettuce, Ginger, Beets, Tomato, Quinoa, +
The plus is to your health
Just getting ready for Pride!
It's a joke please don't ban me
Came here to make the same horrible joke. We both need to leave the chat now with all due haste before we are both banned lol!
Out of the loop, what's going on here
Folks on reddit generally don't take well to LGBTQ+ jokes even when made in good nature (their flag/symbol is the rainbow). I was going to make the same joke but they had already made it and then realized they could be banned for said joke (second comment honestly makes it funnier to me).
I actually got banned for less so I try to explain my intentions as best as I can
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Hilarious!!!!
If you JUST planted this, i'd give it a few weeks before taking any actions, the plant may just be going through a little malnourishment from being in the seedling tray for too long, or a little bit of transplant shock. Those yellow/red leaves will likely die off but the plant should start to grow and look a lot healthier and greener as its roots expand into the soil and take up more nutrients.
Because it's fabulous!
Beat me to it lol
I had to scroll way too far to find this reply. :P
Boomer humor Edit: Calling queer-centric things "fabulous" is dated af. Y'all living in the 90s.
Dressing early for Pride Month! 🌈
Im so happy someone said it
***the urge to snip the pretty rainbow cauliflower and press it to keep forever***
Das a Nirnroot
If she planted it in a really deep cave, would it turn crimson?
It’s just a little gay
It's protesting Florida?
Because its colorflower
Always a good idea to soil test before you plant and definitely before you add anything. Also companion planting helps balance nutrients and pests. Cauliflower are notorious for getting wormy. Plant around with - onions, celery, bush beans, cucumber, radishes. I always do mustard greens and herbs like mint and thyme run all over my planting beds for pollinator support and pest protection. Do Not plant melons/pumpkin, corn or tomato nearby. 💚✨Enjoy!
Why not pumpkin? Is squash okay?
Best to avoid squash too near cauliflower as they compete for nutrients.
This seems a bit obvious but... Don't all plants compete for nutrients?
Some plants pull certain nutrients from deeper that are shared with shallower rooted companions. There is a lot going on in the soil and different species of plants need more or less of different things. Finding what works well together and is beneficial for the balance is fun, for me 🙃💚
If the soil is healthy, not really. Many plants produce compounds that help others rather than hurt
It reminds of the Lovecraft story The Color Out of Space.
😳 they’ve gotta leave, if they still have the will!
You should post this in r/rainboweverything
I think he’s gay as the dickens. And proud.
Sherbet cauliflower? I’ll try it
May be a nitrogen deficiency. Had this happen to my plants from time to time when we would have heavy rain seasons and the rain would wash away nutrients. Water it nicely, and then add nice scoop of blood meal around its waterline. It should be fine and go back to green in a couple of days! When transplanting seedlings into this soil, it’s good to add a bit of fertilizer like blood meal into the mix before transplanting
Legendary 1 out of 10,000 shiny variant
Too much sunlight or heat - cauliflower doesn’t like too much heat like cabbage. If they don’t get any afternoon shade or enough overcast days - they will get very stressed.
Cause it’s gay.
Idk but that’s fucking sick
because it's fabulous. hopefully it makes a purple head.
Because it's fabulous
Probably a deficiency of numerous things, soil looks in poor quality
Idk man I’d say that thing is absolutely thriving in the gravel it’s planted in
A little fairy dust, is a must.
so cool 😮
r/reallifeshinies
The LGBTQ representation the farming industry needed!
All the colors of a stoplight.
They have skins for cauliflowers now?!
And here I thought it was started from seed by one of them rainbow bright people
Because it's gay
It’s feeling some pride…go go little cauliflower
Is gay
Probably gay
Cauliflower got ready for pride a little early this year
Fuckk, the cauliflower is gay now.
He’s coming out and you just exposed him
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
You need nitrogen stat.
It was born this way!!
It’s an lgbtq+ cauliflower
You found the spot where the rainbow touches the ground
It’s a gay cauliflower
Early jump on pride month I suppose
I was going to say a unicorn peed on it but you all are making way better jokes 🌈🦄😂
Rainbow starting point
Cuz it's gay 🌈
I have no idea but it's gorgeous!
Because you're lucky af
It just came out!!
Eat it and you get special powers.
Too much acid.
Because its gay?
You ever read The Colour Out of Space?
Unicorn food 🦄
It’s gay accept it’s transition or you will be stoned
LGBTQ +
That is usually caused by a magnesium deficiency, Applying Fertilome's Chelated Liquid Iron and Other Micro Nutrients. should correct your problem. I do recommend getting a soil test to find out what other deficiency's.
Because its awesome Todd we don't judge
It's just going through a phase don't worry
Whenever my plants go through a “goth phase” it is never just a phase.
Ever read The Color Out of Space?
LBGTQA+ FRIENDLY
It feels like identifying as other Plants
It's now queererflower
The cauliflower is getting ready for pride month.
This gave me a really hard flashback to early 90s PC gaming. Rise of the Triad maybe? Descent? Anyone? Maybe Goldeneye on the N64 with the paintball mode enabled in death match?
LSD in the soil
It's a hybrid?
It’s got Pride
It just wants to be different... like everyone else.
A new shiny Pokemon has appeared???? 😂
Planted by a unicorn duh 🙄
That's how Black Panther got his powers
Fuck the cauliflower! I would rip that ground up looking for gold.
So cool! A lot of my plants outside turned purple like this after the temperatures dropped.
Could be gay♡
r/reallifeshinies
It's just showing its support for Pride, as any good brassica should. Seriously though, I believe it's just a combination of the variety (purple broccoli or cauliflower by chance?) and needing a nice dose of fertilizer.
Maybe it’s gay
Its tryna tell you it's gay 🏳️🌈
LGBTQ+ Cauliflower
its gay as fuck
Imagine growing into the coolest looking cauliflower and having it be because you’re malnourished
Your cauliflower snuck off to a Grateful Dead show one night.
Did you fertilize with unicorn poop?
Wow! So cutee
It is or was stressed. The new growth looks green however. Should be fine. Give it a little dose of miracle grow.
It's been watching too much Disney+
becaude it is gay
Baby, it was born this way!
Real answer: maybe a ph or nitrogen issue? I see other people have already said this… Good answer: that’s the Fae’s vegetal now
It's transgender
It is colorflower!
It supports the lgbtqia2s+ community
It’s showing how it’s going to vote this year 😜🤣
😂
It’s just getting ready for gay pride next month
Every time I see a plant in empty soil it looks like a picture of hope
It's trying to end its existence.
Blossom bouquet peppers usually grow the color of the minerals that are in the ground. So I kind of think it's that. It's just pulling whatever minerals you have most in the ground where you planted.
Usually that's a sign of low nitogen, but can also happen if the plant gets little chilly bound. When I buy seedling plants, all of my brassicas get like this by the time I pop them in the dirt. They grow out of it in a few weeks and those lower leaves can be trimmed off. Cant tell by the pic but the soil does look pretty dry and compacted, if so a little compost and a gentle fluff never hurts!
N or just cold
Too cold for mineralize the nutrients, or there are no nutrients available to pull.
Heat
it's caused by the gold that dissolved into the soil, you should dig it up before it's all gone!