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Cauliflower

Brassica oleracea botrytis

Information

Easy to grow in Dunedin.  The hardest part is harvest, if left too long they tend to bolt.  In my experience the best cauliflower are the Cheddar Cauliflower available in about October in most garden shops around town including Mitre-10.  They grow reliably, don't bold, and have a fantastic crunch to them.

Plant
Plant in trays apparently all year round!

Germination
5 days, but for All The Year Round the germination rate is very low (2 of 20 germinated)

Harvest
70 days

Varieties

Kings Seeds
All The Year Round
Giant of Naples
Green Macerata
Snowball
Violet Sicilian

Yates
All Year Hybrid
Phenomenal Early

Koanga Gardens
Ruapehu
Purple Cape

Egmont Seeds
All year round
Freda
Italian Violet
Snowdrop
Snomarch F1 Hybrid

Home Harvest (Evandale)
Success
    In 2011 this was a successful crop for me.

My Experiments

2011
 VarietySowed GerminatedPlanted-Out Expect Harvest Harvest