Another cool way to understand what the conditions for a given plant are is to look at the climatology data for where that crop is being grown now. For example, if Yuma and Maricopa county in Arizona are where Brocolli is being grown from August to December, you could look up what the min/max/average temperature was for those months.
Here’s where it gets fun! Now that we know where to look on the maps, we can find data from the government (USDA, NOAA, etc.) about what the climate was during that time. For example, NOAA provides interactive maps for min, max, and average temperatures for all of the United States. I went ahead and filtered this for Arizona, so I could focus on Yuma county and see what the data was there specifically for the period of time when Brocolli is typically being grown.
Looks like Brocolli likes it hot!
Never gets lower than 60F - even in October - and in September it’s never below 70F. Sounds pretty close to what you’ve got going @Jamira!
It does look like though for that big “heading” lettuce (like the “Captain” variety mentioned above, which is what they grow in AZ) it takes 4-6 months and by the time they harvest in February temperatures are as low as 40F.
That being said, they’re still rocking an average of 57F though with highs over 70F - which is super mild for FEBRUARY and is why the plants still are so productive:
