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Cauliflower

2019

Cultivars: Early snowball cauliflower (heirloom), Violetta Italia (heirloom)

Local garden calendar recommends seeding indoors February 9 and seeding outdoors April 5. Seed packet recommends starting indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost and transplanting outside after last frost. I seeded indoors February 23 (Early Snowball) and March 1 (Violetta Italia, which doesn’t have date recommendations on the envelope), a compromise between the calendar and seed packet dates. I’ll see how temperatures go and possibly wait till May 6 to transplant outside.

Good companions for cauliflower: Beetroot, celery, dill, chamomile, onion, mint, potatoes, rosemary, sage, thyme, lavender, hyssop, nasturtium, tansy, beans, peas, coriander, marigolds, lettuce

DO NOT plant next to: rue, strawberries, tomatoes, garlic

Cauliflower is a good companion for: celery