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molly atkin

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broccoli bolting
« on: June 30, 2009, 20:49:44 »
Help! My broccoli's bolting. Does that mean its all over for them or can I rescue them? And is it the hot weather that's to blame?

Molly
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manicscousers

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Re: broccoli bolting
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 20:52:54 »
hiya, molly, welcome to a4a  ;D
you can still eat it, even the flowers, we take off the flowering shoots and it sends out side shoots  ;D
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saddad

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Re: broccoli bolting
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009, 21:00:13 »
Welcome to A4A... and being a brassica the leaves are edible, but do tend to be a bit tough...  :-\
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