🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 1.5 cm
- Sowing distance: sow in 8 cm pots
- Germination: 24 °C, 7-10 days
- Planting distance: 60 cm all around
- Plant out when: 4 to 6 weeks after sowing
- Growth cycle: approx. 160 days
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Widow cultivation (under glass): sow under glass in early to mid-September; plant under glass in late September-mid-October; harvest mid-April-mid-May.
- Free-star cultivation: sow under glass in early February-early March; plant outdoors in mid-April; harvest in mid-June-mid-July.
- Summer cultivation: sow under glass in late March–mid-May; plant outdoors in early May–mid-July; harvest in early July–early September.
- Autumn cultivation: sow outdoors mid-May–early July; plant outdoors mid-June–mid-August; harvest September–November.
- Winter cultivation: sow outdoors mid-June-early July; plant outdoors late July-August; harvest April-May.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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🪟 Breeding of lions (under glass)
🪟 Maid (under glass → outside)
🪟 Summer cultivation (under glass → outdoors)
Autumn cultivation
Winter cultivation
🏠 Inside
🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory
Outside
🌿 Popular breeds
📘 Basic information
- Crop group: Cabbage crop
- Plant family: Cruciferous family
- Height: approx. 50 cm
- Growth cycle: approx. 160 days
- Frost resistant: yes
- Root system: 30-45 cm
- Preferred soil: pH 6.5-7.0, loam soil
- Fertilization: nitrogen-rich nutrition (cow manure, nettle manure, etc.), do not over-fertilize to avoid excessive leaf growth
🌞💧 Pitch & water
Location: 🌞 lots of sun
Watering: 💧💧 water moderately
🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors
Good neighbors
Bad neighbors
❗ Dangers & Concerns
- Cabbage flies and cabbage whites are important pests; cabbage collars and especially insect netting offer protection.
- Clubroot can occur in cabbage crops; prevent this with strict crop rotation and wait four years before planting cabbages in the same bed again.
🧺 Harvesting & storing
Cabbage grows quickly under ideal conditions. Harvest the cauliflowers within 1 to 2 weeks after the head reaches 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) in height.
A good cauliflower is white and compact. Cut the main stem and leave a few leaves around the head until you prepare it. Bolted or flowering cauliflowers quickly lose their quality.
The rest of the plant can be composted, except in cases of clubroot infestation: in that case do not compost the plants but remove them or feed them to small livestock.
🍽️ Nutritional value
Per 100 g cooked cauliflower (without salt):
- 23 kcal
- 0 g fat
- 4 g carbohydrates
- 2 g protein
- 2 g fiber
- 2 g sugar
- Vitamins: B6, C and K
- Other: thiamine, riboflavin, phosphorus , potassium, folic acid, pantothenic acid and manganese
