All About Broccoli

Broccoli is easy to grow and broccoli produce a good crop for a long period of time. Broccoli is a cold-tolerant plant, so this makes broccoli a very good plant to slow because you can produce a succession of heads through three seasons. There are two different relatives of broccoli that you can try and they are broccoli ralve
and purple sprouting broccoli.

To raise broccoli from seeds you will need to raise the broccoli seeds indoors or you can buy transplants. Make sure that they are not root bound in the containers.

The soil needs to be rich and firm with plenty of organic material or a generous dose of plant-starters fertilizer before-planting. The plants needs to be space 12 inches from each other. Put the transplants in the foil very well so the lowest leaves on the plants can just be seen. always water the transplants very well right after you plant them. When you have broccoli planted in your garden, broccoli is a magnet to all the pests that attacks all of the cabbage family. to keep them away, you will need to cover the new transplants will well-secured floating row covers. You also will need to spray the plants regularly with an organic insecticide. After the main broccoli heads starts to form, you will them need to side-dress the crop with a seed-starter fertilizer to encourage more cropping, and keep the soil moist. Always mulch all of your plants to keep moisture and keep the weds down.

When broccoli reaches full size usually 3-4 inches across you will need to cut the main head and when all the buds are still tight and green.

Always wash your broccoli real good before you eat any of it. Broccoli heads should keep for a week unwashed in the refrigerator. It is also very easy to freeze if you would like to do that.