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Cauliflower in Newfoundland
Cool summers help, but stress causes small heads. Consistent water matters.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- ~6 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~0 weeks after typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates brief light frost
- Days to harvest
- 60–85 days
- Sunlight
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Spacing
- 50 cm apart
- Wind
- Moderate — some shelter helps
- Containers
- Better in beds
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Buttoning after stress
- Root maggot
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Early-maturing types
Harvest
Cut when curds are firm.
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