Content
- Grow broccoli once - harvest for several years
- The optimal broccoli location
- Harvesting with stalk and stalk
- Tips & Tricks
Grow broccoli once - harvest for several years
Fresh garden broccoli tastes delicious and is rich in vitamins. Whether in the garden or on the balcony - broccoli thrives in barren soil in cooler temperatures. You can grow annual or perennial crops. The cultivation of perennial broccoli is worthwhile for anyone who wants to save gardening and enjoy broccoli every year.
Ideally sow early cabbage varieties from March on and then plant them in bed as young plants. The planting distance is 50 centimeters. Late broccoli varieties are possible as direct sowing in the bed by the end of June. Sow 3 seeds per planting hole and let only the strongest seedling grow.
The optimal broccoli location
Broccoli plants prefer a sunny, sheltered location. Ideal conditions are met by an alkaline, nutritious and loose soil. You can also add compost or special vegetable fertilizer and lime to the plants, thus significantly improving the harvest. Broccoli needs a lot of water and likes
be spoiled from cultivation to harvest:
Important for all types of broccoli: keep the soil evenly moist. Avoid waterlogging! For the plants to survive cold periods, they must grow slowly and form solid leaves. Broccoli are strong eaters. Fertilize with simple manure from June. This is very nitrogen-rich and offers perfect conditions for vegetables. Because the Brokkoligenuss should not be affected by chemical means.
Harvesting with stalk and stalk
In summer it can happen that you miss the ideal harvest time. Because the flowers open quickly in warm weather. Ripe broccoli is recognizable by its well-formed inflorescence, whose buds are about to open. If the flower already loosens and shows a yellow shimmer, the buds taste too charred. Do not just break off broccoli buds. Better to cut clean with a stalk or stem directly above the armpit.
If you want to extend the harvest time, you can sow special winter varieties again in early summer and plant them in late summer. By daily watering the plants get used to the new location better. If, instead of one-year-old broccoli, you cultivate a multi-year variety and supply it well, you can harvest fresh broccoli for several years.
Tips & Tricks
Carefully pulling the upper leaves, one notices whether the young plants are firmly planted in the soil.