La Semence Bio - White rock cauliflower

Description: White Rock cauliflower produces a heavy and firm cauliflower, with a creamy white color, of good quality and very tasty.

Family: Brassicaceae

Latin name: Brassica oleracea L. convar. Botrytis (L.) Alef. var. botrytis L.

Exposure: sunny

Weight: 0.2 g

Growing Guide

Soil care: deep, rich, moist soil. No acidic soil. Exposure: sunny.

Sowing: 1 cm deep in the nursery, transplant deeply at the 6 leaf stage, 50 cm between plants and rows.

Emergence: in 10 to 15 days in soil at 20°C.

Watering: regular.

Harvest: cut the flower when the buds are tight.

Preservation : one week in a cool place in the vegetable bin.

Origin : very appreciated in the Antiquity by the Greeks and the Romans. It fell into oblivion before the Italians introduced it in France. In the 17th century, finally, the multiplication of its culture, by sowing, develops.

Advice from La Semence Bio® : a green manure on the previous crop is very appreciated.

In the kitchen

Cook cauliflower raw or cooked but avoid cooking it too long. Don't forget to eat the stems too, once peeled they can be cooked like the heads.

Low in calories, rich in vitamin C, source of vitamin B9, B5, iron (when cooked).

The advice and suggestions are given only as an indication and consequently, would not know how to comprise a guarantee of harvest.