Marvelous Cauliflower: All You Need to Know about this Cruciferous Veggie, from Planting to Eating
Marvelous Cauliflower: All You Need to Know about this Cruciferous Veggie, from Planting to Eating
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Have you tried cauliflower pizza crust? It’s all the rage in restaurants and grocery stores, and for good reason. Cauliflower is a power food that’s super good for you and super tasty as well. It makes a great substitute for high-carb foods… READ MORE
Meet cabbage flower—or at least that’s what its name means. Cauliflower comes from the Latin caulis (cabbage) and floris (flower). As its technical name, Brassica oleracea var. Botrytis, suggests, it’s a vegetable in the Brassicaceae family that includes cabbage, plus broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collards, kale, and kohlrabi. As… READ MORE
Cauliflower is a cool-season crop that grows best in USDA hardiness zones 2-11. Some of the US states that fall under these zones are: Zone 2: Alaska Zone 3: Minnesota Montana North Dakota Wisconsin Zone 4: Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Missouri Nebraska Ohio Zone 5: Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont… READ MORE
Cauliflower comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. There are at least 80 varieties grown just in North America, though there are four distinct types of cauliflower. Cauliflower is a versatile vegetable that comes in many varieties differentiated by ripening period, color, and head size.… READ MORE
Above all, growing cauliflower depends on temperature. If you live in a zone where you have two to three months of temperatures averaging in the 60s, specifically 65 to 68 degrees F during the day, you’re in prime growing territory. READ MORE
