In the kitchen: Try stir-frying purple sprouting broccoli with a little garlic and chilli or boil/steam for just a few minutes so that the florets become tender.ĭelivery Info: Available to order now for delivery between September and mid/late October. You will receive a growing guide with the plug plants. You can expect to then enjoy harvesting the broccoli spears for several weeks, usually into May when you can pull the plants up to replace with a spring planting. This delicious variety of purple sprouting broccoli will produce fantastic coloured broccoli spears during late winter and early spring, possibly as early as February if mild.
Seeding Rate: 1,000 seeds/83′, 50,000 seeds/acre spaced 7″ apart in rows 18″ apart.Easy to grow, beautiful colour and fantastic flavour For cabbage worms and loopers, use Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt.).ĪVG. Treat flea beetles with pyrethrin or azadirachtin if heavy pressure is observed. Tips: Repel flea beetles and root maggots on young seedlings by covering with floating row covers from day of planting. If buds begin to show a yellow color, harvest immediately. Harvest secondary side shoots regularly to encourage continued production.
Harvesting: Before flower buds open, cut center head. Some varieties of broccoli are heat tolerant, but still require adequate watering, such as 1 to 1.5 inches of water per week.ĭays to Maturity: Broccoli is ready to harvest when florets are tightly closed in the center but begin to loosen slightly around the edges. When watering broccoli, do not get water on the developing heads. Watering: Broccoli likes cool soil, so adding grass clippings around the plants helps. Sow 3–4 seeds 12″ apart, ½” deep, rows 18–36″ apart, thinning to one plant in each group. Transplants can be set out from September to February in these regions. Successful broccoli crops can be grown where winters are rarely below 32☏. To ensure mature heads, seed the crop early in areas where heavy freezes occur early in the Fall. as above in May and transplant to the garden in June–July. For a Fall crop, start seedlings indoors 3-4 weeks before transplanting. Broccoli prefers cooler growing temperatures, between 55–75☏ but will produce good crops under warmer, summer conditions. Transplant outdoors 10–18″ apart in rows 18–36″ apart. If possible keep soil temperature at 80☏ until germination, then reduce air temperature to about 60☏. Seedlings should be ready to transplant in 3–4 weeks. Planting: Use early and midseason broccoli varieties in the Spring. The best success is with spring and fall crops. Broccoli does not generally do well in hot weather. It can be grown twice a year, in the late spring and the fall.īefore Planting: Broccoli prefers a well-drained, fertile soil high in organic matter, and a pH of 6.0–7.5 with a consistent supply of moisture throughout the growing season. Broccoli is part of the Cole Crop family, which also includes cabbage, kohlrabi, kale and more.
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