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Cauliflower Plug Plants - Description
- Pack of Cauliflower Plug Plants
- AKA Cauliflower Seedlings, Cauliflower Transplants
- Variety: All Year Round
- Quantity: 10 Plants
- Size: 7cm
- Harvest Late Summer Into Autumn
- Popular Variety
- Easy to Grow
Cauliflower Plug Plants - How to Grow
- Sow outside from March onwards
- Spacing Cauliflower plugs: 45cm
- Rows: 45cm apart
- Soak trays in water for 10 minutes before planting
- Carefully remove plugs from trays
- Plant plugs slightly below soil level
- Site: Partial shade, but happy in full sun also
- Soil: Firm, fertile & free draining
- Ideally prepare your soil in Autumn
- Ideal pH between 6.5 to 7.5. Add lime if soil is too acidic
Cauliflower Plug Plants - Care & Harvest
- Harvest when heads are firm & white
- Water well before harvest
- To harvest, cut away stems close to ground level
- Cauliflower can be stored long term in a freezer
- Simply boil for 3 minutes, place in ice water, drain and put into freezer containers
- Pests to watch out for include cabbage white butterflies, pigeons, snails, slugs & cabbage greenflies
- Protect cauliflower crops with a mesh netting in Summer months
Cauliflower Plug Plants - Advantages
- Cauliflower plants are well formed & mature
- Deep plugs with strong root system
- Growing from plugs means you can stay on top of weeds
- No need to thin out crops later
- Plants are hardy & ready for planting directly outside
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