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-Planting: This vegetable grows best during periods of cool temperatures, and you'll have better luck in most areas if it is planted during midsummer for early fall ripening. Start the seeds indoors or in their own special planting bed outdoors 6-8 weeks before planting time.
Combine all the ingredients in a heavy, wide saute pan and set over medium-high heat. Bring to the boil. Cover, turn the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes, stirring now and then and replacing the cover each time. Remove the cover and turn the heat to medium-high.
CAULIFLOWER Description Latin Name: Bassica oleracea (Botrytis group) Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard) Type: Dicot Edible Part: Undifferentiated Flowers Temperature Preference: Cool Season Crop Next Back Index Links
1) Rotate and isolate seedbeds from production areas to reduce incidence and spread of Alternaria leaf spot, black rot, blackleg, downy mildew, root rot, and club root diseases.
In the future, you may be able to munch carrot sticks in fun colors. In addition to orange, there will be purple, red, yellow, and white! Photograph courtesy Philipp W.
Cooperative Extension Service CTAHR Fact Sheet Home Garden Vegetable no. 7* January 1997 *Replaces Instant Information/Home Garden Vegetable Series no. 7. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Cauliflower is a flower often mistakenly thought to be a vegetable. A relative of the unpopular, but successful broccoli, cauliflower is frequently served smothered in cheese sauce.