If you are lucky enough to have your own garden, you should definitely grow vegetables. Cabbages, a healthy, vitamin-rich vegetable, are relatively easy to cultivate. Cauliflower is one of the true vitamin bombs.
Interesting facts about cauliflower
Cauliflower, from the cruciferous family, is one of our favorite vegetables.
He probably comes from southern Greece. In the 16th century, the Sami made their way to Italy by sea and from there to Germany.
Few people know that the cauliflower is the swollen and swollen flower head of the cabbage
acts. If the head is not harvested, an elongated inflorescence will actually develop
yellowish flowers.
Cauliflower is rightly called a vitamin bomb. In addition to vitamin C, it contains minerals
and trace elements.
minerals
- phosphorus
- Kaluim
- calcium
- sodium
- iron
trace elements
- zinc
- copper
- iodine
- fluorine
Breeding and Varieties
Growing cauliflower requires a little attention and work. Cauliflower needs good, humus-rich soil and a warm, sunny location to thrive. Since he to the
counts heavy feeders, it needs sufficient fertilizer to grow, e.g. B. manure or compost. Three to four fertilizer applications and plenty of water until harvest are recommended. Besides, should
the soil between the plants should be regularly cleared of weeds and loosened.
Once the soil has been prepared, the cauliflower plants can be planted outdoors at a distance of 50 cm from mid-April. If the ground freezes late, they need protection from perforated foil, fleece or a plastic cover. As soon as small white heads form in the rosette of leaves, they should be covered so that they do not discolour from the sun. After eight to twelve weeks, the cauliflower is ripe and the white flowers are plump and firm.
There are several types of cauliflower, which differ in the cultivation period, in color or in taste.
- Erfurt dwarf, white, uncomplicated cultivation, cultivation from February in the greenhouse
- Walcheren winter, white, summer sowing, harvest the following year
- Di Sicilia Violetto, violet, early sowing, strong taste
- Cheddar F1, orange, spring cultivation
- Shannon, light green head, similar to Romanesco, summer sow, fall harvest
pests
The joy of growing cabbage is often marred by various pests.
The cabbage fly already damages the young plants. A cardboard sleeve wrapped around the stalk can protect, as can covering with vegetable protection nets.
The cabbage white lays its eggs on the underside of the leaf. As soon as the larvae hatch, they eat all the leaves in no time. This can be remedied by stripping the eggs, collecting the larvae or using protective nets.
tips and tricks
Cauliflower also thrives in balcony boxes (€109.00) or flower pots. This special picking cauliflower is
particularly easy to care for and produces small tasty heads several times.