Topic: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli

[Lizann]

Has anyone had a try or had any success with this?

[aussiedigger]

I received a free packet of brocolli raab with a magazine but had no success.  Two sowings all bolted before they were 6 inches high.  Planning to try again - ever hopeful!

[GodfreyRob]

Yes, I have - it grows really fast and you have to be ready for it as the plant is in a rush! One blink and its gone to seed!

Great for a quick crop and soft, tasty stems. I use it a lot in the cooler months, when ti seems to do best.

[Lizann]

Is it just like sprouting broccoli then?

[Sholls]

The taste is similar, but as has been said it has a much softer texture. I personally eat the 'heads' raw and use the leaves in salads.

Like GodfreyRob I tend to grow it in the cooler months, my Febuary to mid May sowings were great; Autumn sowings work well too. I sowed a few seeds in June with the intention of allowing the plants to go to seed & they obliged within a fortnight. :lol:

[Lizann]

Sowed some the other day and they have germinated already, so fingers crossed it's not too warm now. 

[Squashfan]

it bolts like mad and then every other allotment has the blinking stuff too! Nice to eat tho with a bit of garlic.

[colman]

mine got an attack of little black beetles not sure what they were....bolted really quickly but you can eat flowers, leaves and stems...managed to get a few meals out of it though...

[Sholls]

it bolts like mad and then every other allotment has the blinking stuff too! Nice to eat tho with a bit of garlic.

Hmm, mine form nice fat seed pods after flowering... no danger of those seeds blowing around.  8)

[123b]

I read soemwhere that it takes 40 days form germination until ready to eat!
I grew some a few years ago just to try, but they went over far too quickly before I managed to harvest any.
I have planted a whole row of the stuff this year. Planted around 2weeks ago, and already about 4-5 inches tall!

[amphibian]

I have two cultivars, one is ready in 40 days and one in 50. If they bolt I just eat the flowers, like with oriental greens.

They're mad for Rapini in Padania.