Broccoli is a very nutritious vegetable and easy to grow. The Garden Guru Phil Dudman shares his tips for growing and keeping broccoli plants productive. http://www.facebook.com/gardeningwithphil http://phildudman.com.au/
@thegardenguru1 i feed and water mine but all i have is tons of small shoots coming off. should i trim it down and see if it helps? mine keeps flowering too. =(
@phrygian360 You tend to get lots of smaller thinner shoots towards the end of the productive stage. Keep picking them because you can still use them. Trick is to get in early before they fully extend and turn into flowers
@renegadetrainer Add fertiliser at planting and a little more when they start to head up. I also like to liquid feed my crop every week/fortnight to really get them pumping
@thegardenguru1 Ok sounds good. What kind of fertilizer do you recommend? I have bone and blood meal but it seems like it might be too much nitrogen to add. Also, any other sources of the potash?
@renegadetrainer You're right, you should always add a little potash when using blood and bone on broccoli. Sulphate of Potash is as easy source, also Muriate of Potash. Wood ash, compost and manures supply some potash as to pellatised chicken manures.
@sweetlikecarmel Like most plants in the cabbage family, broccoli handles frost quite well. Does it regrow? Not sure what you mean, after frost damage? Quite possibly. My frosts aren't hard enough for that to be a problem, and we always grow it as a winter crop. It is an annual, so once it has exhausted it's flowering cycle, it's had it and you will need to plant a new crop.
@Tigeraction08 It is the immature flowers or flower buds that you harvest before the yellow blooms burst open. It usually takes 2-3 months to get young broc plants to cropping stage. It's unusual for them to develop buds any earlier, unless your soil is poor an undernourished or you have a variety such as 'Chinese broccoli' which will flower within 6 weeks from planting
i think i waited too long, cause my broccoli plants are flowering now and did i wait too long or will i be able to harvest them. also i had a rabbit problem where he would always eat the broccoli plants and its my first time growing it.
Its not just you Tigeraction08 for the last 2 years 2010/2011 both my broccoli and some of my cauliflower have gone to seed.At first i thought it was because i had built a fruit type cage around my veg patch to keep off the white butterfly but i had some growing in another open bed that did the same and talking to a relatives friend his and allotment holders miles from my location had experienced the same problem?
I'm growing several broccoli plants in my garden, but without fertilizers etc.. only mushroom manure. So far they are still only leaves, at about 2 months old. Should I be adding anything else, to boost their growth, or do they usually tend to grow florets after summer? I started them in pots in May-June and put into the garden late June.
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sux u can't do that with cauliflower
sorry what is it that u use 4 feeding the plant?
blood and bone (bone meal) and sulphate of potash
@thegardenguru1 i feed and water mine but all i have is tons of small shoots coming off. should i trim it down and see if it helps? mine keeps flowering too. =(
@phrygian360
You tend to get lots of smaller thinner shoots towards the end of the productive stage. Keep picking them because you can still use them. Trick is to get in early before they fully extend and turn into flowers
@thegardenguru1 ok thanks for the reply. just seem thats all they've done never got and big flourettes just small. maybe mine are mal-nurished…
How often should you fertilize broccoli? I planted mine with Miracle Gro Organic Choice recently and I didn't add fertilizer yet. Thanks!
@renegadetrainer Add fertiliser at planting and a little more when they start to head up. I also like to liquid feed my crop every week/fortnight to really get them pumping
@thegardenguru1 Ok sounds good. What kind of fertilizer do you recommend? I have bone and blood meal but it seems like it might be too much nitrogen to add. Also, any other sources of the potash?
@renegadetrainer You're right, you should always add a little potash when using blood and bone on broccoli. Sulphate of Potash is as easy source, also Muriate of Potash. Wood ash, compost and manures supply some potash as to pellatised chicken manures.
does broccoli regrow? does it last thru the winter frost like collards?
@sweetlikecarmel Like most plants in the cabbage family, broccoli handles frost quite well. Does it regrow? Not sure what you mean, after frost damage? Quite possibly. My frosts aren't hard enough for that to be a problem, and we always grow it as a winter crop. It is an annual, so once it has exhausted it's flowering cycle, it's had it and you will need to plant a new crop.
That's OK, the all start small and compact then expand to a full sized broccoli head. Takes 7-10 days from initiation. All the best!
Yes that's right
@Tigeraction08 It is the immature flowers or flower buds that you harvest before the yellow blooms burst open. It usually takes 2-3 months to get young broc plants to cropping stage. It's unusual for them to develop buds any earlier, unless your soil is poor an undernourished or you have a variety such as 'Chinese broccoli' which will flower within 6 weeks from planting
what kind of broccoli are you growing in this video?
i think i waited too long, cause my broccoli plants are flowering now and did i wait too long or will i be able to harvest them. also i had a rabbit problem where he would always eat the broccoli plants and its my first time growing it.
Its not just you Tigeraction08 for the last 2 years 2010/2011 both my broccoli and some of my cauliflower have gone to seed.At first i thought it was because i had built a fruit type cage around my veg patch to keep off the white butterfly but i had some growing in another open bed that did the same and talking to a relatives friend his and allotment holders miles from my location had experienced the same problem?
Will cauliflower continue to produce like this as well?
do you use some kind of insect repellant?
I'm growing several broccoli plants in my garden, but without fertilizers etc.. only mushroom manure. So far they are still only leaves, at about 2 months old. Should I be adding anything else, to boost their growth, or do they usually tend to grow florets after summer? I started them in pots in May-June and put into the garden late June.
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Well I guess growing this in Texas is a waste of time if max Temps for the plant is in the 80's?…….it's 90 degrees in spring time. …