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Romanesco
vegetable
Stunning fractal lime-green heads — flavor between broccoli and cauliflower. Long-season crop; start for fall harvest. Harvest before spirals open.
At a glance
- USDA Zones
- 3–9
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium — water when top inch of soil is dry
- Soil
- loam
- pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Spacing
- 18 in. between plants
- SFG footprint
- 2×2 ft cell footprint
- Days to maturity
- ~85 days
Planting & harvest windows
Northern Hemisphere timing. Adjust ±4–6 weeks based on your last/first frost dates.
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Plant Harvest
Good companions
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Keep apart from
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Recommended varieties
- Romanesco Italia85 daysboth
Classic stunning fractal head — beautiful and delicious.
- Veronica78 daysboth
Earlier-maturing romanesco with excellent heat tolerance.
Add Romanesco to your raised bed — the planner handles spacing and companion warnings automatically.
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