The course of growth and yielding of white and green cauliflower cultivated in two terms for autumn production

The three-year long experiment (2002 ‐ 2004) was aimed at finding the dependence between the pattern of weather conditions and the vegetative growth and cropping course of the white and green cauliflo wer cultivars planted for autumn harvesting. For white cauliflower, the late cultivar Planita F 1 and early one Farras F 1 cultivar were used, for the green caulifower Trevi F 1 and Panther F 1 cultivars were used, respectively. Plants of late c ultivars were planted in the second half of June, which is the usual time for au tumn cultivars, whereas the early ones in the first half of July, the time used following the harvesting of certain forecrops. During vegetation, measurements were taken of the plants’ height and diameter as well as the number of formed leaves. Th e times of initial curd formation as well as consecutive harvests were also registered. Weather conditions

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