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Seed for BROCCOLI or CALABRESE, & RAPINIThere's a reasonable sort of logic to us grouping these
together Just in case you might get confused as to when to sow
and harvest,
~ HEADING BROCCOLI or CALABRESE~
Normal 120-day heading broccoli. Order BrGH - 2g (lots and lots of seed - hundreds!) £1.50 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
There are two possibilities for sowing:
Of course, in reality, experienced gardeners will know that with all the brassica family, it can - to be honest - be a bit random when they do actually head up, as it depends so much upon temperature and daylength when they are small. But by sowing this one as well as the 'normal' type, you will extend your season, whenever that turns out to be! 'Quick' 60 day heading broccoli. Order BrQH - 2g (lots and lots of seed - hundreds!) £1.25
~ Seed for PURPLE SPROUTING BROCCOLI ~
This is the earlier type of Sprouting Broccoli that usually comes ready at the start of March. The nice big leaves are good to eat too, much as you would cook with cauliflower leaves. Order BrEP - (about 400 seed) [CO2] £1.59
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This is - as you might perhaps have guessed - the slightly later type of Sprouting Broccoli that usually comes ready a couple of weeks later when the Early has finished. If you have room to grow both varieties, about 10 plants of each will give you an good supply of sprouting broccoli for weeks and weeks! Order BrLP - (about 300 seed ) £1.29
Unknown in the UK but easy to grow and loved on the continent. We introduced this in 2003 and it was a huge success. Everyone seemed to like it! Raab is related to turnip - but produces delicious sprouts like a slightly spicy flavoured sprouting broccoli. Its real value is a harvest in late summer & autumn when ordinary broccoli isn't available, but is also great as a very early spring crop in a polytunnel. Thinnings are excellent in salads or stirfries.
Sow early spring under cover, or mid to late summer for harvest in 50-60 days. Spicy maincrop 'broccoli' derived from the Turnip family. Nice raw in salads or cooked. WEB SPECIAL OFFER! Order BrSM - 2g seed (lots!) £0.79 (seed from 2009, but really fine) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Spicy first-early 'broccoli' derived from the Turnip family. Nice raw in salads or cooked. Order BrC4 - 2g seed (lots!) £1.58
TWO SOWING PERIODS: Sow in March under cover, or mid
to late summer. Harvest 40 days after sowing.
"Kailaan" stem broccoli Kailaan is from China and Japan, and it's a similar plant to our normal broccoli and calabrese, in that it has been bred for its unusual flower shoot shape. The difference is that this has been selected for juicy, succulent thick stems rather than huge buds. It can be picked small (20 - 30 days old), taking whole plants at a time. Or you just leave it to grow large (about 60 - 70 days), in which case you can get 3 cuts from it: take the main stem and it will grow new ones from the side-shoots. This is a really useful vegetable that can be sown in mid-summer or early spring to give a quick yield of juicy shoots that are cooked and used just like calabrese. Order OvKL - approx 300 seed £1.49
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Here's Kate processing some Pak Choi. You do need to make sure they aren't crossed with anything,
Flower stalks from a good-sized population are hung
up to dry, The bits of pod are screened out with a sieve or a soil riddle Step-by-step instructions are here on our new brassica-seed-processing page. It's pretty foolproof - why not give it a go?
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