Best time to plant cauliflower in Boulia
Brassica oleracea
Also called Romanesco
Sow cauliflower in Boulia in Feb to Jul.
The part of cauliflower that reaches the plate is the curd, a dense head of flower buds that have not yet developed. White is usual, although green, orange and purple heads exist, and Romanesco forms spiral patterns. It can be eaten raw, steamed or roasted.
When to sow in Boulia
Boulia, QLD is in the arid zone. Its months for cauliflower apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Boulia
Boulia frosts in fewer than 1 year in 10, so frost doesn't hold back any planting here.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 1-2cm
- Plant spacing
- 30cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 75cm
- Germination
- Soil 7-29°C, fastest at 20-28°C
- Time to harvest
- 70-98 days from planting out
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.