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BROCCOLI – Purple Sprouting
(1000 seeds)
$3.75
Unusual heirloom with purple florets
Instead of making the big, dense heads of most broccoli varieties, this heirloom variety produces multiple spikes of purple florets. It’s a tough variety that tolerates quite hard frosts, so it makes an ideal addition to your winter veggie garden, blooming in the late winter to early spring. Add a bit of colour to your cuisine!
Days to Harvest
75 daysPosition/Sunlight
Full SunWatering
MediumPlant Spacing
60cmPlant Height
60-90cmAdditional Features
Cool Season, Easy Care Plants, EdibleGrowing Information
How to Sow
Broccoli is a winter crop and is best started in mid to late autumn. Sow seed in trays about 6 weeks before planting out. Transplant baby plants when they are about 12cm tall into rows about 60cm apart. For best results plant in full sun in a rich soil. When the heads get large, plants can be staked to stop them from falling over. A good mulch will also maintain soil temperature and encourage growth.
How to Harvest
Harvest the main head whilst it is still tightly shaped. It is best to cut the stem about 12cm below the head. The plant will continue to produce smaller florettes along the stem and these can be coninuously harvested throughout the season.
Product Details
| Common Name: | BROCCOLI - Purple Sprouting |
| Scientific Name: | Brassica oleracea |
| Seeds Per Packet: | Approx 1000 |
| Germination Time: | 5-10 days |
| Days to Harvest: | 75 days |
| Position/Sunlight: | Full Sun |
| Watering: | Medium |
| Plant Height: | 60-90cm |
| Plant Spacing: | 60cm |
| Sow Depth: | 5mm |
| Row Spacing: | 60cm |
| Companion Plants: | Beans, Beetroot, Carrots, Chamomile, Coriander, Cucumber, Dill, Lettuce, Lovage, Marigold (French), Marjoram, Mint, Nasturtium, Pea, Potato, Rosemary, Sage, Tansy, Thyme, Tomato, Zinnias |
| Cool Sow: | All Year |
| Warm Sow: | Sep-Jul |
| Tropical Sow: | Jan-Aug |
| Additional Features: | Cool Season, Easy Care Plants, Edible |
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