Heatwaves hit the Sunday roast: why the RHS says cauliflower is off the menu
The Royal Horticultural Society is advising UK gardeners to stop growing cauliflower due to climate change-induced heatwaves. The article explains that rising temperatures make it difficult for brassicas to thrive in English soil.
Why it matters
This highlights the tangible, localized impacts of the climate crisis on traditional agriculture and domestic food security.
Cauliflowers as they should be. The Royal Horticultural Society said the vegetables get easily stressed and fail to form a good head in high temperatures. Cauliflowers as they should be. The Royal Horticultural Society said the vegetables get easily stressed and fail to form a good head in high temperatures. Climate crisis Heatwaves hit the Sunday roast: why the RHS says cauliflower is off the menu Charity urges gardeners in England to swap thirsty brassicas for drought-tolerant crops
Prefer the Guardian on Google They are an integral part of the British Sunday roast – but cauliflowers are now going to be off the menu, according to the Royal Horticultural Society.
England’s climate has changed so much that the RHS is now recommending that gardeners exclude the brassicas from their vegetable patches.
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