brassica family

Cauliflower

Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group · Moderate

A demanding brassica with seasonal varieties whose clearance can fall anywhere from summer to spring.

Sow

Mainly March–May, with earlier and later windows for specific seasonal types.

Transplant sturdy module-grown plants into firm, fertile ground.

Potentially most of the year when correctly timed varieties are combined.

Practical growing notes

Home-grown heads offer excellent freshness and several distinct seasonal handovers.

Prevent checks in growth; protect from brassica pests and rotate where clubroot is a risk.

Keep the bed moving

A succession-friendly salad crop, especially useful as loose-leaf or cut-and-come-again types.

A robust cut-and-come-again leaf crop that can bridge summer, autumn and the following spring.

A cool-season climbing crop, with early and maincrop varieties and edible-pod options.

A low-maintenance overwintering crop planted as named, disease-free cloves.