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Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables
Life span	annual, biennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	20	7	25	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium
Rainfall (annual)	900	1600	500	3000	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	30	10	45	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.5	7.8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-5
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	100	130
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	unspecified part
food & beverage	minerals	unspecified part