When I took over a half plot from a lady , she told me that the plants in one bed were winter brocoli? , so I left them in, but they do not appear to be producing anything but leaf? they are full grown, and apart from a handfull of what looked more like purple flowering brocoli, most plants havent produced anything? should I leave them or get it dug over ready for spring?
surely winter broccoli is purple sprouting broccoli?
i'd leave it. if you don't get any shoots, i'd start eating the leaves, if they're reasonably tender
Oh..don't dig them up yet...It is slightly early days yet and we've had cold weather which would delay the flowering anyway.
Depending of variety I get spears from my winter broccoli=sprouting broccoli from end of November untill April or so.
Majority of sprouters don't start untill February anyway.
I don't know if you are aware, but broccoli you get from winter varieties are only small little things..you get quantity of these rather than one or two large ones that you get from summer varieties.
Once the cropping start you have to keep picking..more you pick, more you get and don't over cook your spears..just minute or two..so they are just about tender ;D...they are delicious YUM ;D
Quote from: goodlife on December 31, 2010, 15:24:53
Oh..don't dig them up yet...It is slightly early days yet and we've had cold weather which would delay the flowering anyway.
Depending of variety I get spears from my winter broccoli=sprouting broccoli from end of November untill April or so.
Majority of sprouters don't start untill February anyway.
I don't know if you are aware, but broccoli you get from winter varieties are only small little things..you get quantity of these rather than one or two large ones that you get from summer varieties.
Once the cropping start you have to keep picking..more you pick, more you get and don't over cook your spears..just minute or two..so they are just about tender ;D...they are delicious YUM ;D
Thanks for that, just keen on getting the digging done! I will hold back and keep an eye on them, there are only about 10 plants, so not that much to dig over come spring. Never grown brocoli before so apologies for my ignprance! :-[
I am so jealous of you cos we didn't put any in dring the late summer so we wont have any.
Quote from: shirlton on January 01, 2011, 08:19:17
I am so jealous of you cos we didn't put any in dring the late summer so we wont have any.
Ha! you could have mine, cant stand the stuff!, I give it all to my mother...
Pigeons seem to love it, just pulled up a few plants for compost (that looked very, very sad), and left three, cut off the dead leaves and netted it. It may recover, may not.
ours looks terrible due to the weather even though they have been staked and netted but will leave them until march at least just to get a few sproutings
Quote from: calendula on January 02, 2011, 11:20:34
ours looks terrible due to the weather even though they have been staked and netted but will leave them until march at least just to get a few sproutings
Mine are not stalked or netted ( or even weeded !), and seem to be happy enough. There is always one or two cats on the plot, and very few pidgeons.