Now it's not quite the season to grow cauliflower, but I do want to put this knowledge out there because the season is coming up.

Collarflower is a quintessential cool weather crop,

which means that as you get into the fall

or fall approaches, it is time to start thinking about it

as well as some of the other crops like broccoli or kale. But today

we're focusing on cauliflower. It's a crop that I've struggled to grow quite a few

times in the past mostly because first of all the first time I did it the timing was just completely wrong so made a classic gardening mistake but the second time one of the issues I ran into was simply that the temperatures didn't get low enough.

Now in most places that would be an enviable situation and certainly I love that.

That zone 10b climate man you cannot beat it but in the case of

cauliflower it can sometimes be a problem it can affect the the head

formation right or the crown formation of the cauliflower, which is why most of us grow

cauliflower. Now, that edible compacted head, it's actually a mass of undeveloped flower buds.

Beneath it, you have these large lettuce-like leaves,

which are also edible, just so you know.

Now, once they're large enough, many gardeners often wrap

and tie those leaves around the head to give it

full protection from the sun.

And then, of course, like any other plant, you can allow it to set seed.

It will bolt, and those undeveloped flower buds will develop and you will get these

beautiful yellow flowers which again are also edible but we're not growing it for that

right we're growing it for that undeveloped beautiful head of white cauliflower that we can turn into cauliflower rice or just eat it as normal cauliflower pizza I think people are doing these days.

Let's figure out how to do it. The most important aspect

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