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Easy Broccoli,
June 8, 2009
Submitted by DelawareBob
from Dover, DE
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"I started these seeds indoors about 5 weeks before I set them out on the first of April here in Delaware. They were ready for main head harvest around June 3. The plants grew quite well except for a few purple tipped lower leaves when we had a late cold snap that didn’t seem to cause any harm. I didn’t have any bug or critter problems on these plants either.
I used miracle grow vegetable fertilizer and sea magic one time about a month after transplanting. The heads are big! I filled 2/3 of a gallon freezer bag from just one of the bigger heads (cut and blanched). The flavor is excellent!
I planted 19 plants for a family of 4 that loves broccoli. I realize I didn’t plant enough and will be planting more for a big fall crop so I freeze it and enjoy it until next year."
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
DE
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
5-10 years
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Couldn't believe how much broccoli I got!,
December 31, 2007
Submitted by Anonymous
from Geneseo, NY
"This was my first attempt at broccoli. I had always thought for some reason that broccoli was very hard to grow. After watching my friend grow some, I thought I'd at least give it a try. I grew 6 plants in my garden and I got SO MUCH BROCCOLI! Way more than my friend got with her generic brand of seed. I got one enormous head per plant, and then a large side shoot after side shoot after side shoot. My broccoli produced even after our first hard frost! I did nothing to it, other than to water well, and to put fertilizer in the garden soil before planting. And, to top it all, this was the most delicious broccoli I'd ever had! Eating store brand now is so tasteless! We froze some, but loved it so much that we ate most of our crop before we had a chance to freeze it, and the bit we did freeze, we devoured after the fisrt month!! Next year, much more broccoli in the garden!"
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
NY
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
1-5 years
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