Italian Cauliflower Romanesco Ottobrino – Growing Instructions
- Start indoors in a warm, well-lighted area from early March through May for the earliest of crops.
- Sow seeds 0.5cm deep in good compost. Keep evenly moist. They do best covered lightly with soil.
- Seedlings emerge in 5-8 days at 21ºC.
- Alternatively sow directly outside from early April.
- Transplant seedlings by at least Mid-summer.
- Try not to let seedling become more that 5 weeks old because older seedlings do not mature well transplanted.
- Set plants 45cm apart in rows 60cm apart.
- Transplant seedlings in late June for Oct – Nov head harvest.
- Water deeply once a week in dry weather.
- High fertility and abundant supply of water throughout the growing season are important.
