Fioretto
Plant Size Guide

Fioretto Cauliflower
Brassica Oleracea Var. Botrytis
days to maturity: 70 days
plant spacing: 2 square feet per plant
sunlight requirements: 8 hours
look out for: improper spacing or not enough sun
harvest notes: harvest when it looks like a super elongated cauliflower. can be harvested a little bit at a time for a couple of weeks before it flowers.
Fioretto is a super cool new variety that many small farms and market gardens are growing this season as it is sought after in the trendy chef market. Basically, its a sprouting cauliflower... like broccoli raab but cauliflower! Its beautiful and delicious but takes a while to grow and uses up lots of precious garden space, so we recommending just planting one or two plants of this stunner in your garden unless you’ve got a ton of space to spare. Fioretto is one of the only brassica family plants that our sister farm, French Farms, grows for sale at the market because its so heat tolerant, so sweet, so tender, and so productive. its one of our top 10 favorite plants for sure!
As with normal cauliflower this species is heat averse so its best to grow in fall & winter here in south Florida. Once your main head of sprouting cauliflower looks like the picture above, harvest it but leave your plant as it will produce a few side-shoots for you later in. Fun fact about cauliflower plants: the whole thing is edible! so harvest the leaves too for dinner before pulling the plant at the end of the season.
Delivery Details
Delivery Details
When you place your order we head into our greenhouse to select the very best plants we have in stock for your garden. We label them with handwritten compostable wooden labels and pack them in recyclable boxes to keep them safe on their journey. Our delivery partners, Roadie, take it from there and head to the Redlands to pick up your order. Communication and tracking take place via Roadie and your driver will leave your plants in a safe and covered area.
Plant Care
Plant Care
When your plant delivery arrives, make sure you water your new plants thoroughly with a light spray of water (none of this thumb over the hose stuff). We recommend planting them within 10 days of receiving them. If you do intent to wait to plant them, we recommend placing them in a shallow reservoir (like a baking pan) and filling it with half an inch of water so they can drink the water from below while you are at work and place them in an area with plenty of sun. When planting in your garden always add a dash of Organic granular fertilizer, and give them extra water during their first week in their new home, while they adjust. We recommend disturbing the root ball as little as possible during planting.
About Our Plants
About Our Plants
All of our plants are grown in OMRI certified Organic materials (potting mix, fertilizer, seeds, etc.) and include Organic granular fertilizer, living locally-made compost, and have been cared for with healthy microorganisms from compost tea and microbial inoculants. We only use organic pesticides when needed. We only stock varieties that we have experience growing and that are season and climate appropriate for South Florida. Our curated inventory is simple enough for a beginner and interesting enough to keep an advanced gardeners attention, with new and rare varieties being added weekly.
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