Cauliflower · Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
When to plant cauliflowers in Kinshasa
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Kinshasa, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Kinshasa
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Cauliflowers through the year
Against the frost risk in Kinshasa
Why these dates
Steady moisture and steady temperature matter more than the exact sowing week. Autumn maturity is easier to achieve than spring in most climates.
Tolerates light frost but the curd itself is damaged below about -3C. Fold leaves over developing heads when frost threatens.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Cauliflowers are timed from 7 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Kinshasa.
Also in Kinshasa
Other vegetables to time
Growing cauliflowers in Kinshasa
How much frost will cauliflowers tolerate?
Tolerates light frost but the curd itself is damaged below about -3C. Fold leaves over developing heads when frost threatens.