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- Plant broccoli yourself: tried-and-tested tips for the perfect harvest
- A location just for broccoli flavor
- Start earlier - reap longer
- Buy a set or make your own collection?
- The best time to sow, plant and transplant
- Substrate - the right mix guarantees healthy growth
- How much distance do broccoli plants need?
- So you get broccoli right
- Tips & Tricks
Plant broccoli yourself: tried-and-tested tips for the perfect harvest
Broccoli is healthy and keeps you fit. Twice as good: fresh organic broccoli from your own garden comes to your table. Leisure gardeners, who want to plant the green asparagus cabbage and want to harvest abundantly, should heed the following field-proven recommendations when planting broccoli.
A location just for broccoli flavor
Broccoli plants love a sunny, sheltered location. If they are then allowed to spread their roots in alkaline, nutrient-rich loam soil, they thrive optimally with good care.
Compost and lime improve the soil quality in addition and create the basis for a healthy harvest already when planting. Properly plant broccoli step by step:
Start earlier - reap longer
If you want to repot broccoli seedlings in the field in May, they should be preferred to early March on the windowsill, in the early bed or greenhouse and adapted to the light and weather conditions in the field. Homegrown broccoli seedlings are therefore more robust than purchased and cheaper. Perennial broccoli varieties allow annual harvesting without having to sown and plant each year.
Buy a set or make your own collection?
Whether you buy a set of plants or put them together, planting will remain the same. When buying a special set or indoor greenhouse, make sure it contains all the necessary parts for growing:
The best time to sow, plant and transplant
For early varieties you start with the sowing in planters in March. In May, repot the broccoli plants into the bed. At the end of April you can sow directly in the field. Anyone who sows late broccoli varieties in early summer can harvest all year round.
Substrate - the right mix guarantees healthy growth
Broccoli prefers a pH between 6.0 and 7.0. If your soil has a pH below 6.0, simply mix compost or potting soil. Addition of sulfur granules equalizes a pH above 7.0.
How much distance do broccoli plants need?
Depending on the type of broccoli, 40 to 50 centimeters of space are recommended between the plants. If you sow the broccoli directly in the bed, press the seeds into the soil at a maximum depth of 1 cm.
So you get broccoli right
Harvest the broccoli as long as the small buds on the head are tight and closed. Cut off the head including 10 centimeters of trunk. By removing the stem, small broccoli florets grow out of the armpits again.
Tips & Tricks
You want to harvest broccoli all year round? Then put 2 times broccoli plants. The first broccoli generation you plant in May and the second in June. 2 to 3 broccoli plants are sufficient for a family of four.