Cauliflower Vegetable Seeds Packet
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) is a nutrient-rich cool-season vegetable belonging to the Brassicaceae family, which includes broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. Known for its compact white curd (head), cauliflower is prized for its versatility, mild flavor, and high vitamin C content. Cauliflower is a delicious, nutrient-dense vegetable that thrives in cool temperatures and rich soil. Whether started from seeds indoors or sown directly outdoors, it requires consistent watering, blanching gardeners can enjoy fresh, homegrown cauliflower in their meals throughout the growing season.
How to Grow Cauliflower from Seed
Sowing and Germination
Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Consistent moisture and fertility essential.
Care and Harvest
Blanch by tying outer leaves over the head to keep it white. 70-100 days.
Dimensions: 5.6" x 3.6" x .1"
Weight: 1.6 hrs
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Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
