9 * Perennial Broccoli

[1066]

I'm growing 9 * perennial broccoli for the 1st time and was wondering about how tall it grows - need to plan some netting!

Thanks  :)

[1066]

[manicscousers]

can't help as I've only managed to get 3 to germinate this year and just planted them out, looking forward to the answer  :)

[GodfreyRob]

They can grow up to a metre (over 3 ft) in my experience. They can last for several years but get really ragged and messy after the first - as well as taking up a lot of space the whole year round.

[1066]

thanks for the info, I know now a bit more about what to expect  :)

manics - mine weren't the best germinators, better than your's but not great. Anyway, we should have enough to find out if they are worth it!

[saddad]

They can get over 4' in subsequent years.. so we treat them as a one year crop...  :-\

[Robert_Brenchley]

I got OK germination with mine, and it was old seed. I replace them every 2-3 years, but they were wiped out last winter so I'm starting again.

[tim]

A clever no-no. Tried, tested & tipped.

Comparatively unproductive (?) & what about rotation??

[shirlton]

We grew it one year but for the amount of heads we got from it and the straggly growth it made the following year we decided to get rid of it.

[saddad]

They are very productive plants Tim... especially in the second "year" and like most perennials seem to be tolerant of problems. I rotate them as brassicas but if growing for several years would put in the "perennial" bed with the asparagus and so on, .....  :-\

[Jeannine]

Oops and damnation. I have wanted to grow this one for years and for some daft reason I always forget to start it off. I've done it again this year. Do I still have time to sow some please.

I guess I will have to pin the blooming seed packet on the fridge for next year along with the strawberries I keep meaning to sow.

XX Jeannine

[1066]

Lovely photo Tim  8)

And Jeannine - ain't that just the way  ::)

[Robert_Brenchley]

You're a little late, but I imagine you'll get away with it.

[Jeannine]

Thanls Robert, I will do them today, Which would be best this late, in pots inside or direct and thinned?

XX Jeannine

[Robert_Brenchley]

I always start brassicas in pots, but it doesn't suit eveyone.

[Jeannine]

Thank you, I do too actually but wondered being this late if I might be better goiung direct.. I have never done it before.. think I will stay with the pots...TODAY

XX Jeannine

[1066]

I have never done it before.. think I will stay with the pots...TODAY

XX Jeannine

as an aide memoir Jeannine, did you sow?   ;)  I planted mine out, a bit of a rush with some temporary netting....  :)

[Jeannine]

Yeh... I DID IT !! XX Jeannine

[1066]

yeah  ;D

Looking forward to trying it now  :)