Italian Cauliflower Romanesco Ottobrino
Italian Cauliflower Romanesco Ottobrino are a fantastic variety from Italy. Producing stunning yellow green heads of spiral rosettes with an excellent flavour visually that resemble a pine cone. Many Romanesco cauliflowers are spring maturing but this rare one that comes ready in the autumn , thus avoiding the need to overwinter it.
Cultivation Advice Italian Cauliflower Romanesco Ottobrino
Type: Hardy Annual
Time to Germinate: 5-10 Days
Temperature Required: 21°c
Days to Maturity: 70-80 Days
Light: Full Sun
- Start indoors in a warm, well-lighted area from early March through May for the earliest of crops.
- Sow seeds ¼” deep in good compost.
- Keep evenly moist.
- Seedlings emerge in 5-8 days at 70º F.
- They do best covered lightly with soil.
- Alternatively sow directly outside from early April.
- Transplant seedlings by at least Mid-summer.
- They grow best at 55º to 65º F.
- Do not let seedling become more that 5 weeks old because older seedlings do not mature well transplanted.
- Set plants 18″ apart in rows 24″ apart.
- Transplant seedlings in late June for Oct – Nov head harvest.
- Water deeply once a week in dry weather.
- Cultivate or mulch to control weeds.
- High fertility and abundant supply of water throughout the growing season are important.
