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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Lizann on July 30, 2009, 12:56:34

Title: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: Lizann on July 30, 2009, 12:56:34: Has anyone had a try or had any success with this?
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: aussiedigger on July 30, 2009, 13:02:20: 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!
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: GodfreyRob on July 30, 2009, 13:03:13: 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.
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: Lizann on July 30, 2009, 13:04:40: Is it just like sprouting broccoli then?
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: Sholls on July 30, 2009, 13:30:01: 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:
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: Lizann on July 30, 2009, 13:33:52: Sowed some the other day and they have germinated already, so fingers crossed it's not too warm now.
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: Squashfan on July 30, 2009, 14:58:54: it bolts like mad and then every other allotment has the blinking stuff too! Nice to eat tho with a bit of garlic.
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: colman on July 30, 2009, 20:44:31: 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...
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: Sholls on July 30, 2009, 21:04:24: Quote from: Squashfan on July 30, 2009, 14:58:54
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)
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: 123b on August 01, 2009, 10:25:47: 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!
Title: Re: Has anyone tried broccoli raab/turnip brocoli
Post by: amphibian on August 01, 2009, 19:12:45: 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.