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gaz2000

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1st time broccoli
« on: April 22, 2010, 19:04:20 »
got some plants to put in once the frost isnt around,and have timbers to build a netted frame to keep the birds away

but as ive never grown it before im not certain of the height it grows to?

any ideas?


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Re: 1st time broccoli
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2010, 19:12:01 »
do you know the variety, Gaz?

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Re: 1st time broccoli
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 19:13:22 »
i dont im afraid

was handed them from a fellow plotholder

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Re: 1st time broccoli
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 19:15:23 »
just that, if it's calabrese, the stuff they sell as broccoli in asda, they're not as tall as purple sprouting broccoli..I think ray made our tallest cabbage cage 3 1/5 feet tall as we grow v tall cabbage and sprouts  :)

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Re: 1st time broccoli
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 19:19:13 »
ok thanks for the reply

il try to find out which variety they are when i pop over tommorow

thanks again  :)

 

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