7 Tips to Grow Great Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, and More!
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Brassicas are a tricky crop that are all about timing and temperature. Mess those up, and your cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, etc. will mature too quickly and leave you with a bad taste in your mouth, literally and figuratively! Here are some of the lessons we've learned in failing with brassicas for a few years :)
0:41 - Brassica Overview
1:36 - Timing
2:29 - Watering Tips
3:35 - Fertilizing Tips
4:30 - When to Plant
5:47 - Tying Cauliflower Leaves
7:02 - Secondary Harvests of Broccoli
7:55 - Variety Selection
8:23 - Giant Cabbage
9:03 - Cabbage Moth Prevention
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My husband and I have converted our small backyard into a huge garden. We've been encouraged to become more self sufficient, and have recently started our own TH-cam channel to help encourage others as well. Thanks for all you do, always enjoy watching 🌱
Brassica are probably the most important vegetables to learn to grow nutrition-wise if you're after self-sustainability.
I think the brassica rapa varieties are much easier to grow though, and also really nutritious. Beet greens, parsley root, watercress, sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, blueberries, currants, purslane, amaranth, salsify are all easier to grow in my climate as well, and very nutritious.
You got that one right! There are so many vitamins and enzymes in those vegetables 🥦, I really wish people would have a garden and enjoy the pleasure of such wonderful taste! I even hugged trees, give them the thank you 🙏 for giving us everything we need. I love Mother Nature so intensely! Enjoy everyone what God gave us for free!
They take a LOT of room though.
I'd say nutrition wise it'd be spinach, kale and watercress.
I am so excited to see San Juan Cabbagestrano Jr’s growth this year!! You’re really showing us that gardening is about taking your “failures” (I say that very lightly) or unsuccessful crops and learning from them to have more success next time. I really need to try growing some kale this year! Thank you for always sharing your knowledge with us. 🖤🌱
That's what it's all about
😰 my garden is frozen solid. It won't thaw out for months. Watching your garden videos are cheering me up.
Funny side note- my 5 year old granddaughter planted the mustard seeds from the spice rack in my houseplants. Now she is eating them.Baby brassica are so cute and tasty.
Nice video! Brassica are one of the easiest for me to grow in my climate, had so much bruxell sprout last year it was amazing!
Some tips for bruxell sprout that helped me:
-Pruning the leaves along the tree will help it grow taller
-Cutting the top of the plant when it is tall enough will make your bruxell sprout grow bigger
Great tips!
Thank you for this. I live in the Caribbean and my first set of cauliflower did okay in the rainy season. We are now in the dry season and the sun is really out and bad and my new set of cauliflower just aren't here for it. Now I know what NOT to do. Good luck to San Juan Cabbagestrano Junior! We're all rooting for him!
I live in the Caribbean as well. There are heatset varieties for our area. I grow Snowwhite cauliflower and they do very well in the heat.
@@Lexieswiff I've never seen that variety. Will definitely look out for it. Thanks.
@@Lexieswiff thanks
I finally had success with cabbage here in the Caribbean...my 4th attempt. The dry season is a major challenge.
In jamaica and I tried twice and the seeds did not germinate
Just learned about covering the cauliflower with its leaves. I read something about it that had confused me. But with you showing and explaining it made it clear. Thanks so much!!!
Hey, great advice! A farmer friend of mine told me not to water over plants in the middle of the day when it's very hot out, because, rather than "cooling off" the plants, the water droplets can act like little magnifying glasses and burn tiny holes into the leaves. This information would only be pertinent in places that regularly reach high temperatures in which most brassicas won't grow anyway, but I found this tip fascinating and very helpful, nonetheless.
Yes!! This year my goal is to cover the entire bed of brassicas because the cabbage moths are the worst. I'm also going to plant them much earlier!
Hey Kevin, in regards to variety selection, there’s a killer cauliflower hybrid called Song TJS65 (Johnny’s has it!) - I grow it all year round in Hawaii (zone 12a), avg daytime temp of 75-80. It doesn’t get bitter if you forget to blanch it, the harvest window is much larger because it still tastes the same as the curds loosen a bit, AND it matures super early. Epic variety for sure!
Adding to my list!
I hoping for a chance to grow in HI.
Ive been looking for people growing in HI. I currently grow in SC and love it, but i want warmer tropical weather. So i dont have to bring my papaya inside in winter lol
Im in tropical Australia. Ill be looking for something like this.
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I’m definitely netting all my brassicas this year. Everything ate them last year. Slugs, snails, harlequin bugs, cabbage moths, and aphids. Barely got any harvest at all. Trying to stay away from chemicals, so hopefully netting will do the trick.
Fingers crossed for ya~!
Look into coplanting lots of stuff can deter pests or attract predators that will help control the problem species
Crumbled egg shell around the base will help deter the slugs & snails.
Diatomaceous earth powder 👌🏻
Just needed this video. I'm in a cold zone with a really short grow season, so these cold weather crops are some of the only I can grow well!
Continuing to still live vicariously through you and your sunshine, both real and personality-wise. The North of England is super chilly at the moment. Had a gorgeous drive to work in -3 degrees with winter sunshine glinting off all the frost, stunning. Was late as I had to pull over and just look at it!
Keep up the great work as ever, the epic pond is simply incredible and these brassicas look the absolute business! ❤️
Glad to provide a little garden inspo!
Thanks, Kevin. Very helpful. My brassicas were a disaster last year. Hope springs eternal 2022!
There is a white cauliflower variety called Twister that might interest you. It’s leaves grow around the head to protect it so you don’t have to wrap it. Grows vertical so it’s perfect for raised beds. I’m in zone 9a and it grows great here.
I live in Oceanside just a short way up from you and I can’t tell you how much you have helped me and my wife will our garden. Thank you very much for what you do. Please continue on.
I struggle with cabbage moths too. This year I am trying to experiment with red cabbage and redbore kale varieties. We have also planned to install some bat boxes. My theory is that predators will be able to easily see bright green cabbage moths on purple and red plants and will be picked off by birds and other predators. If that fails, we’ll cover with mesh netting. Wish me luck!
Try bt thurnicide which is a natural way to kill the larvae of the cabbage moth. You dilute in water and spray as needed. Of course they'll have yo munch your brassica bit then they die.
Huge green grasshoppers took out the majority of my brassicas last fall. Lucky I succession planted and put them in the greenstalk instead of my birdie bed. And those are doing well.
I live in hot climate and never success in planting this. Tried many times and different varieties many years ago until I stop planting that altogether. Love your video.
I just harvested my very first broccoli crown! I didn’t set out to garden over the winter, I thought I would be harvesting for Thanksgiving! I’m learning so much from the experience, we have had unexpected freezing temperatures and snow, I covered them with plastic and last weekend I built a low tunnel for any future weather challenges. I did have cabbage moth issues to begin with, next time I will keep them covered from the start. As someone else commented the timing of this video could not be better!! Thanks Kevin!
I am soooo excited!! My 2 Birdie beds should be delivered on Monday... I can wait until Spring to plant them up.... 1 veggies.... 1 flowers!!!
Can't wait to get them to you!
Being in east TN (USDA zone 7a) I grow two groups of brassicas, one in spring (started indoors in mid January and transplanted in late March and usually harvested by end of May) and another in fall (direct sow seed into garden end of August or early September and harvest well into December even early January). I will dig any plants that I want to use for seed production and place them in cool areas of garage or basement with roots in five gallon buckets of damp sand if temps are going to be below 15 degrees F for a prolonged period. Aside from temperature issues, I have never had issues growing brassicas, aside from keeping insects off of them, but proper timing helps with that also since brassicas grow best at temps below what most pest insects will tolerate. Biggest issue I have is with cabbage loopers, which seem to tolerate far cooler temps than any of the other pest insects, and one or two applications of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) spray, limits the damage. Have had some luck using wormwood steeped in hot water and spraying resulting decoction around plants as a deterrent.
Nice Video, I am starting lots of Broccoli and other Brassica plants now...they do well here pretty much all year, with a bit of help. 😊
That's great!
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I though I was the only one who had issues with Brassicas, I am somewhat reliefed now!;) They are quite tricky, especially in hot climates.....thanks for all the tips, you live and learn....cheers
I am in Fl, I transplant my brassicas in November, by January I start to picking cabbage,broccoli, collard green, by January my tomatoes plants are bringing out tomatoes; we have eating 3 times new potatoes, almost all the carrots 🥕 are done, I don’t have cauliflower yet, I had pick beets! By April I am canning sauce for the year, drying spices. I have been picking gandules and freezing them and the brassicas. You have quite of beautiful garden there.
Had non stop rain last summer, so all my greens went to the snails. Let's hope it'll go better this year 😅.
Lol...I was just reading about when to start brassicas in my area....determined to get it right this year! Your cauliflower looks great🌞
Yay for late Fall planting ! This will be my first time growing root crops which never did good in Spring/Summer. Thanks for you tried and true expertise.
I'm in continental Croatia. (Cold winters, hot summers). We plant cauliflower in August and harvest in November to January, when it's actually minus. Watering morning and evening. Green cabbage does works during the hot summers too, so we grow those in the spring and in the autumn. Harvested the last cabbage a week ago :) I think we will try Brussels sprouts this year too. Cauliflower nowadays usually has leaves that rotate while growing and they cover the heads very well, but if they don't, just break off one of the bigger leaves and cover the cauliflower with it. You don't have to tie it.
(Don't eat the big leaves from cauliflower. It's not nice. Just give it to the compost.)
I live in tropical Indonesia and Kale is a trooper - it thrives in the tropical heat!
I'm also in a colder zone but looper butterflies lay their eggs on my brassica leaves and then the little green caterpillars devour my plants. I have sprayed, hand picked and harvested great brussel sprouts, and no cabbage.
I've also found brassicas difficult to grow, I'm glad it's not just me. They have a lot of pests here from cabbage white butterflies to flea beetles, pigeons, slugs and snails. They can also get club root and they require a lot of nutrients. I love kale but have only been able to grow a small amount so far due to the above. When I tried growing salad greens in the brassica family they got annihalated by flea beetles and I had to throw them away. I'm trying again this year hoping for better success, what you said about timing is interesting.
I’m zone 7 so I’ve had some pretty good luck with brassicas, but something I’ve learned from watching your videos and the Nature Knows Best videos is that I’ve been spacing my plants too far. So I’m wondering what spacing you use for your brassicas.
I would of loved info spacing as well. The range you find in Google is so varied. I dont want to crowd out but i dont want to waste space either
Hey Kevin love the haircut looking good! So excited to see broccolis and cauliflowers :)
Thx!
Nice, they look so healthy and delicious!
I mulch the soil under my brassicas with garden clippings like grass, and with hay and whatever cover material I can find. It keeps the water in and the soil cool and fertilizes it a bit as well. Being a bit lazy too, so it saves me a bit of work.
It will be some net this year!! Last year I sprayed BT but in the end I gave up (had harvested most of it anyway)
Okay. I just watched to the end of the video and heard you address cabbage moth problems. Next year I will cover my plants. Thanks for the tips!! 👍🏼
For me in a cold zone. Kentucky, starting my brassica plants now indoors. As soon as once they sprout start bringing outside daily to acclimatize them for 20 minutes or so. Once temps here are constant 50s put in ground. Cover with tulle/netting immediately because of white flies. Replant indoors in late late summer to have ready to plant outside in cooler fall temps. Good luck
In my climate we get two seasons with these guys. Spring and winter. It's dope.
Loved this video! I have 50% rate for both success and failure. I’ve noticed that collard greens can be more heat tolerant than other types of brassicas. I had to pulled it out at the beginning of summer because in Sydney it gets too much (and the aphids were loving it!! 🤬). I’ve also notices that the moths only come to my brassicas when starts to warm up, not during winter, which is a blessing. What I have though it’s a BIRD PROBLEM is young seedlings I put outside. The tip on water: 100% true, my water bill goes to the roof with these guys!
Definitely going to apply these tips for growing brassicas this year here in Central Ohio (zone 6). I had just about given up on these types of veggies. Cabbage moths always decimated them. I’ll be adding brassicas back to the 2022 garden list. Thanks for the tips.
I'm in central Ohio too and would be interested in how you're brassica are doing
@@tarar6926 I’m in centra Ohio too! I transplanted mine end of March and they look like they have barely grown. No pest issues… I am not sure what is going on 🥴
I have a fair share of Brassica and Broccoli growing. Because I'm in zone 9b/10a I have to be careful about when to plant because we don't get much cold weather here in South FL. These are some great tips. Thank you for the knowledge!
DUDE! What about the aphids? I agreee, timing is key to healthy brassicas and that is tricky here in Southern Humboldt. It is cool, cool, cool, and then HOT! I have given up on all but kale. That is leafy enough I can handpick or spray the little buggers off. I do greatly appreciate your vlogs! I cannot find many from California and even though you might as well be in another state, you're so far away, I can use your advice often. Thanks.
It has been a very hot fall. My Brussel sprouts stopped growing, crazy amount of aphids on cabbages, I did get some broccoli before the roller coaster temperatures killed them, along with my kale. Thank you for the tips. I’ll try it again next year.
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I am in awe with every one of your videos. You drop so much knowledge. So helpful. Planning spring garden for zone 7a Nevada now. Thank you, sir! 😁
THANK YOU!!!!!! Brassicas are definitely a challenge for me!!!
Brassicas don't like warm weather at all. Through much trial & error over the years I've learned to grow them only in the late Fall through early Spring. I'm in WA, 8b, just south of Canada where the temps are generally mild. Brassicas definitely thrive in cooler temperatures(40's-50's), and many are cold-hardy well below freezing. Another benefit to growing them during the cold time of year is there are almost no insect pests like cabbage moths, aphids, black flies.
Our brussel sprouts take allllllll of our Michigan growing season.... They've done well through our summer but I can't say the same for anything else, lol. Broccoli and bok Choi always seem to bolt on me but with the broccoli, we found we liked the leaves even after it started bolting. And we did end up getting some nice secondary florets
Yeah they're soooooo slow!
Brassica plants are so hard for ne to grow. I'm in zone 7B and the struggle is real! I needed this video, thank you.
Perfect timing, my brassicas are going to be potted up soon. Thank you ❤️❤️😁😁🌻🌻
Goodness! Now it makes sense why I've never got any sort of harvest! (Flowers but no actual edible foods!)I'm in mid west Georgia! Too late to try this winter.. but I now know to just start in FALL.. 🤦🏼♀️👍
Here just north of you in Murrieta.... just planted 10 cabbage transplants from Bonnie. fingers crossed.
As a novelty, I replanted the scraps from last year's St. Paddy Day corn beef meal. The celery grew, bolted, dropped seed, and I now have a fresh batch of celery grown from that seed. The cabbage grew into huge plants with stalks, bolted, and also dropped seed. Carrot tops grew, and flowered. But I don't see any new carrots from those seeds. Potato grows and regrows in my yard without effort - like a weed. It's now February 1st, and I see little cabbage seedlings scattered about. I'm hoping that they survive and give me cabbage heads.
Thanks for sharing. I might start to grow cabbage, cauliflowers & brocolli this time since only growing tomatoes & potatoes 4 the past years.
I love that the CC picks up "San Juan Cabbagestrano" as "San Juan Cabbage, Toronto"
I'm so excited to be starting my own garden this year! Thanks for always inspiring
Thank you for the great tips! Ps. I love how you treat your plants like your kids! lol
I was successful with cabbage for the first time this year. I'll be harvesting in a couple weeks- zone 9 southeast. Timing is the ticket.
You can also harvest those gorgeous broccoli leaves. Cook just like other greens
Growing broccolis in Perth WA during our summer and it's hitting 41 C (105 F).
still had great success with brocs bigger than my fist.
Tbf I have a lot of experience but honestly I'm amazed at how well the genetics of a "heat resistant" Broc can hold up even in our brutal Aussie climate.
The way you covered your cauliflower with its own leaves can also be done to cabbage for maximum results.
I try to grow cabbage every year, organically and fail because I haven't tried using a cover cloth or cage of some kind. However, this year we got rabbits and I learned that the urine resists pests. So I usually take grass clippings, or leaves or whatever mulch I have and let them poop and pee on it then spread it around my brassicas and wala, cabbage moths don't come near it. It had only been one month on this experiment and something started eating a plant so I had to respply, but the benefit is the natural fertilizer at the same time
The leaves are huge and growing nicely
I found my Brussel Sprouts attracted more aphids than the other brassicas. My cauliflower has been exceptional, broccoli was a little disappointing. Went to flower quickly! Thanks for he good info.
That's a great tip for cauliflower! I think that may help provide some light frost protection. Where I live the seasons can be unpredictable and temperatures inconsistent, sometimes if you can survive a night or two, you might be able to extend a fall crop for another month or two!
Lay long boards on both sides of plants really helps hold moisture, do this right from the beginning, it works.
The leaves are edible as well. I have a sweet and sour cabbage leaf recipe on my TH-cam Channel. It’s a great way to eat the greens and much like kale or collards.
those are some awesome tips on growing Brassicas I have had my fail's when It especially comes to cabbage I have never been able to get a head of cabbage yet I have not quite figured out what I am doing wrong
Nice winter crop. Try "Cheddar" Cauliflower which looks like cheese but non GMO, and "Premium Crop" Broccoli, which is a very dense Broccoli. I got from Walter Andersons Nursery. A Opossum ate the top off my broccoli but it grew back 3 new heads from the sides like yours. He actually did me a favor by topping the plant early on. Let those grow out into full side broccoli. Triple your harvest! Opossums must be master gardeners with that technique. Hope they don't eat more though.
what exactly do you mean by non-GMO? because all brassicas have technically been selectively bred for certain desirable traits. or do you mean non-GMO as in the process of inserting a gene from one plant to another? because there are no such brassicas currently in existence.
I've been wanting to grow a Cheddar!
Thank's for your great channel and ideas! It has been nice, and in many ways enlightening, to follow your work geographically and climate-wise so far from my own situation. I am in Central Finland (between zones III and IV, 62° 14′ 30.04″ N, 25° 44′ 58.19″ E). With growing brassicas, it is for us rather a question of dealing with acidity of the soil (loads of conifers) and, of course, balancing with the temperature. We do nowadays get very warm periods during summer, but from your perspective the climate is indeed cool. The sun, as you probably know, is up there constantly during summer months, so with proper selecting of location on our lot, light might not be a big issue. However, being here in the middle of pine and spruce forest, sets a challenge... All the best!
Many years ago, when we lived further north, there weren't very many bugs to bother our brassicas, except that darn cabbage moth. Floating row cover made all the difference, and the cabbages were absolutely perfect. The variety names were Quartz and Centron, and of course they aren't available any more. Its very windy here, and I'm afraid the row covers won't stay on very long. Going to try the chicken wire idea, thanks.
Nice cauliflower and great advice video! Thanks!
My climate no issues brassica but cauliflower ugh. Cool & consistent Ty for video Kevin.
I despise the white 🦋 too. 😉
I planted mid summer, have had problems. Will try end autumn
I'm north of you in South OC and those darn aphids (aka evil little beasts). I have to jet spray several of my brassicas every 2-3 days. Your winter garden is looking fab!
Hi Kevin. My Condolences go out to San Juan. may he rest in peace.
Boy those brassicas are really hard to grow. This last winter I bought a huge amount of broccoli seeds in bulk, hoping that one or two will make it.
I live in the 5A region of the south/Midwest. My brassicas grown near, or surrounded by poke weed/salad NEVER get any bugs. The worms eat the poke first and leave my veggies to get a dipel dusting before they arrive days later.
Here on the Colorado front range, the climate is great for brassicas, they never give me any trouble. Cabbage white butterfly larvae on the other hand, can turn them into swiss cheese overnight. Going to try to keep them under bug netting all season this year and see if that helps.
I love brassicaes. They provide a tremendous amount of food per sq foot, especially cabbage.
Best to you and San Juan Jr. 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for this, definitely planted my broccoli in the wrong spot last year
Really interesting piece, thank you. I admit was hoping this might cover raising brassica seeds indoors, something I’ve had no success with despite trying every year. Here in Tasmania, I plant seedlings of broccoli and cauliflower in mid-March (early spring), covered with wire waste baskets until the cabbage whites disappear in late April. This timing gives me a late winter harvest. But trying to raise the seeds indoors starting in the last couple of weeks of summer (late Feb) is, for me, impossible, I always end up buying seedlings. So maybe sometime you could do a piece on this?
I tried mine in very early spring, when the ground was workable and most of them bolted. Too many spikes of heat at random points. Zone 3B/4A....I think they need to go in the fall this year. We still have hot days so, I just really need to be on top of keeping them cooler when that heat does hit. Thanks for the tips 😊👍
Perfect! Thank you for this. We were wanting to try some of those this year (UK) so this vid was perfect timing, we'll tweak our timings and care from this. Valuable advice, very appreciate it. 👍
I feel ya on the white cabbage moth lol that's the only thing I've been struggling with, great video!
Enjoyed this. Cheers.
great tips!!thankyou! cheers from Australia. 😁
Also I didn’t fertilize nearly enough last year so my cabbages were the size of brussel sprouts. Tasty, but tiny, lol
I only grow broccoli for the flowers for bees and they have a nice mild sweetness
Just throwing it out there, I would absolutely buy San Juan Cabbagestrano Jr swag
Ok, just finding this particular video and it’s probably the most informative video that I have found for what I was looking for. Your climate is probably closest to mine, so I try to pay attention to your videos. This is my second year trying brassicas. I’m in Las Vegas and we stay hot super late into the year, so timing is very tricky for us. I planted my brassicas last year in October. It has taken all the way up until February this year to start seeing production. My broccoli did not form a tight head. Rather it formed a lot of non-compact, heads and side shoots. My cauliflower also did not stay compact. I did blanch it not too long after the head started forming, but it had already split apart so I’m afraid it probably isn’t worth a damn. I have one other romanesco that I am hoping the head will stay compact. This is the one question that I can’t seem to find an answer to on any TH-cam video. How do I keep the head compact? Is it because it got too much heat, or too much sun? Should I be planting these vegetables in a shady part of my garden? It is now February and we have had a few weeks this month. Where are the temperatures were in the 60s. I would love if you could shed some light on this for me! You have been helpful to me in the past on Instagram, thank you!
I'm here in TX and no clue as to when Broccoli was planted. So we had this warm weather here in zone 8a and I put four of them in a large tub. This was back in Late Nov. They are doing awesome! Now I have been bringing them inside and out between freezes we are now having and tonight the temp will be like 25 F they say? This is my very first time, but I just wanted to see how they will do and see if I can keep them alive? I made a very light mulch on top of some good organic soil and they seem very happy. But thanks for the tips of not giving them anything before harvest. Love your vids. I hope they don't die on me.
So glad to hear that! They can usually handle, I may cover though
oh my, i wanted to plant cabbage,,, but too late for me in Ciudad Juarez 😢
Maybe next fall though... thanks for this vid..
Once I grew some cabbage plants but after many months, nothing came out. Plants were growing well but at last I gave up! maybe I will try again later
I am in Wisconsin, I stopped growing these plants a couple years ago but this year I’m trying again. I made a covering with Bridal bridal veil
I don’t see a spot to put a picture but I do have them. Thank you so much for your help and ideas. Also there were a few leaves already getting to Chewed on So hoping this works but I got each plant wet and then sprinkle corn meal on the leaves. I’ve heard that might work
Good knowledge, thank you fir sharing
Great tips. Thank you!
I've had good success getting rid of aphids with garlic juice. Crush a clove or two in a quart of water and spray on any affected plants.
Now that you have more growing space I think the apacolyps challenge should be tried again.
Thank you for these tips, I love all these veggies. I'm planning an epic garden this years
The focused breeding and cross breeding of all these plants by humans to become what they are today, is seriously so amazing. ❤️
My garden is just a few miles from yours. Brassicas were growing beautifully this year. When broccoli and cauliflower heads started, they were all eaten - probably by squirrels. I still have all those big leaves…