Broccoli, a cole crop and cool season vegetable (Photo by Robert Wetzlmayr)

Cool season vegetables, as their name implies, really like cool temperatures and cool soil. If you don’t plant these crops early enough there will not be enough time before the summer heat arrives, especially in Missouri. If you’re waiting until may to plant crops like spinach, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, just to name a few cool season crops, warm temperatures will wipe them out long before there’s a crop to harvest.

Today’s guest is Jennifer Schutter, horticulture specialist for University of Missouri Extension. She talks about proper planting dates, how to transition from cool season vegetables to warm season ones and how to plant a second cool season crop.

Vegetable Gardening

Gardening is cheaper than therapy and

you get tomatoes. ~ Author Unknown

Cabbage and cauliflower – a cole crop and cool season vegetables