Topic: Nine Star Perennial Broccoli

[GardnerJ]

Hello everyone ;D
Just a question.... the thought of a perennial broccoli is great but i am worried about leaving it in the same place for it's 3 year life?  :o Would it not be very prone to clubroot and all those other nasty brassica diseases if it is to stay in the ground?
Has anyone ever tried this?  ???
Thanks

[Multiveg]

If you are worried about clubroot, when planting the broccoli out, stick a small piece of rhubarb stem in the hole.

I am growing it for the first time, but will have it in a garden border rather than allotment.

[GardnerJ]

Oh right.
I think i will try it in my graden asewll then, i don't get an allotment until the autumn but i am trialing bits and bobs at home to see what they look like! I don't have much garden space but i think i'll have to do some digging to find space!
thanks multiveg!
Jemma
uuummmm why rhubarb??? J

[budgiebreeder]

 :D :DThe Rhubarb tip works as well i have tried it this year and touch wood never had such good brassicas.My ground does have Club Root so yes it works.

[GardnerJ]

only one more question!............
what exactly do you do with the rhubarb???!
Jemma

[Doris_Pinks]

I too did the rhubarb thing in my clubrooty soil, and has worked for me too! Gardener J you just put about a 1inch cube in the hole you are planting your brassicas into.

[GardnerJ]

Great, thanks ! ;D
Shall i try it even if my soil hasn't got club root as  a preventative??
I am not planting the 9* in my allotment i am putting it in my garden?
Thanks all for your replies! As you can see i am a very inexperienced newbie!  A young-un as everyone calls me! :-[

[Doris_Pinks]

It won't hurt so I think I would give it a go! I have a gardening mentor friend who calls me young un, mind you he is 90! ;D

[GardnerJ]

okey dokey!
I have just lost my mentor, he was only 44 he died last week of a heart attack, he was a lovely man. I am only 26, he thought it was fascinating that someone my age could be interested in gardening!
Thanks D
xxx Jemma