Cauliflower 'Sixty Days'
Cauliflower 'Sixty Days' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
This is an open pollinated variety well suited to warmer areas. It forms tight, solid, pure white, heads that are crisp and tender. It has an excellent flavour and is good fresh or frozen. Days to harvest: 60.
Product: Cauliflower 'Sixty Days'
Product type: SEED (150)
Botanical name: Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group
Sixty Days' is an open pollinated variety particularly well suited to warmer areas. It forms tight, solid, pure white, heads that are crisp and tender. It has an excellent flavour and is good fresh or frozen.
Plant type: Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Plant height: 45 - 60 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 18 - 25°C soil temp.
Temperate: Late Dec - May; very cool areas Oct-Feb; inland Feb - Sept.
Subtropical: March - June
Tropical: April - July
Germination: 4 - 10 days
Depth: 10 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow into seed tray or seedbed
Soil type: Fertile, well drained soil; pH 6 - 7.5; heavy feeder, add compost
Rows: 60 - 75 cm apart
Details: Transplant seedlings by first removing the seed leaves and planting deeper, up to the 1st set of true leaves, this stabilises plants and speeds maturity
Harvest: 60 days: harvest while heads are still tight and white
150 seeds per packet
Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group
Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Cauliflower 'Sixty Days'
This is an open pollinated variety well suited to warmer areas. It forms tight, solid, pure white, heads that are crisp and tender. It has an excellent flavour and is good fresh or frozen. Days to harvest: 60.