![]() I like to transplant the seedlings very soon after they’ve germinated. ![]() Once they’ve germinated, carefully transplant them into individual plugs or pots, selecting the biggest, strongest seedlings and composting the rest (or you could rinse them off to eat as a tasty microgreen). I find that all brassicas germinate remarkably quickly and reliably, so expect them to be up within just three or four days. Broccoli seedlings germinate fast, and can be separated into their own pots or plugs as soon as they're big enough to handle Scatter the seeds very thinly over the surface of the potting mix, then cover them with a little bit more potting mix. Sowing in stages – say once a month – should give a longer harvest and acts as an insurance policy if something eats your first seedlings. It offers such a sense of achievement and it’s proper mindfulness – who doesn’t get lost in the moment on tasks like this?! Plus, you get to choose the best-looking seedlings for growing on.īroccoli can be sown from as early as late winter – germinated on a warm windowsill indoors – until early summer. And, to be honest, I rather like the whole transplanting process. ![]() This way, when I start the earliest sowings off (indoors, to get a more even germination), they take up a lot less room. If you have the space and the seed is cheap, then sow into plug trays as it’s no big deal to discard the thinned seedlings. Either sow into pots of all-purpose potting mix, then transplant after germination into their own plug trays, or sow into plug trays – two or three seeds per plug – to then thin out to leave just one seedling per plug. Mid-spring, which is the perfect time to sow a crop of summer broccoli (calabrese). Sprouting broccoli is a valuable crop that will provide fresh harvests during the 'hungry gap' early in the year Sowing Broccoli The spears themselves are more slender and are usually white, cream or – my favorite – purple.īoth types of broccoli are fantastic crops and, if you grow both, should give you a good spread of tasty spears throughout most of the year. It’s far hardier and typically sown in spring or early summer to give a crop in the cooler months, usually from late winter and on through spring. It isn’t particularly hardy and is best sown in spring. It produces these big, fat, green heads, which are usually picked (at least in my temperate climate) from early summer to early autumn. The type shown at the top of the page is commonly just called broccoli, but depending on where you live you may also know it as calabrese. First, a quick overview of the two main types of broccoli.
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