Winter cauli gone rotten

[Froglegs]

This is the second one to rot off,theres a putrid smell of fish about it.  :(

[Froglegs]

[Froglegs]

Any idea's as to the cause. ???

[manicscousers]

did the stems get damaged ?

[Froglegs]

Don't think so.

[Rob08]

Did you get fertilizer granules anywhere near the stem?

I accidentally 'burnt' some cucumber plants this way when I first started gardening - and they did smell rather awful as well once the damage was done.  The stem on that cauliflower looks similar to my cukes after the fertilizer had done its damage.

[Tee Gee]

My guess is frost damage!!

Frozen water sitting at the base of the leaves has frozen and damaged the stem tissue.

It can sometimes happen after the weather has been very wet followed by a sudden hard frost.

[Thegoodlife]

Found this could be too much water but could be this,


Part II. Infectious Diseases
Diseases Caused By Fungi and Oomycetes
Alternaria Diseases (Black Spot, Gray Leaf Spot, Pod Spot)
Anthracnose
Black Leg (Phoma Stem Canker)
Black Root
Clubroot
Downy Mildew
Botrytis Gray Mold
Light Leaf Spot
Phytophthora and Pythium Damping-off
Phytophthora Root Rot
Phytophthora Storage Rot
Powdery Mildew
Rhizoctonia Diseases (Damping-Off, Wirestem, Brown Girdling Root Rot, Crater Rot, Head Rot)
Ring Spot
Sclerotinia White Mold (Cabbage Drop, Stem Rot, Watery Soft Rot)