Broccoli Calabrese Early Green Sprouting Organic

Description

Broccoli Calabrese Early Green Sprouting Organic

Broccoli Calabrese Early Green Sprouting Organic is a hardy Italian heirloom variety with earlier (Faster) maturing. It grows to 30-36 in. high, with blue-green central heads are only 3-6 inches across but full of flavor and followed by abundant smaller side shoots on erect leafy plants After main head removal, this type will provide multiple side/cauliflower heads throughout the season. It turns out that while the heads are usually harvested for food, you can also eat the stalks, buds and leaves of this variety. Longer than what you’d expect from a standard type, about 120 days to maturity. Will stand deep into winter.

Cultivation Advice

• Direct seed in garden or trays.

  Overlay seeds 1/8 inch with delicate soil. Moisten the soil (not soaked) during germination.

  ( Sow in spring, or will sown from late summer to grow and harvest for winter )

  Space the plants 18 to 24 inches apart in rows between 2 and three feet aside depending upon space.

  When 2 inches tall, thin or transplant seedlings.

  Broccoli prefers a site with full sun exposure during the cooler-parts of the growing season.

  Growing in average well-drained humiforous moist medium soil. When the central head is cut, side shoots will soon appear in great numbers.