sticcoli

rowlandwells · « **on:** August 02, 2017, 20:06 »

I seen sticcoli in my seed catalogue [moles] and it said a hybrid broccoli and Chinese kale produces green broccoli spirs on edible stems which taste similar to asparagus it sounds worth a try but a little more info would be an advantage to a would be gardener like myself

so I thought I would ask if anyone has grew sticcoli [moles seeds] Kings seeds list it as Brokali

mumofstig · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2017, 09:24 »

I've grown Brokali before, and used it in stir-fries, the stems were quite thin.
I went back to growing autumn calabrese as I prefer the slightly fatter shoots of that.
Taste-wise I don't think there is much between them, and they both run quite quickly to flower.

Not much help am I.

sunshineband · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2017, 15:22 »

We grew kailbroc last Autumn, which is similar, but it ran to seed quite quickly. Maybe we didn't pick it fast enough, so that would be my suggestion with your sticcoli, rowlandwells

rowlandwells · « **Reply #3 on:** August 03, 2017, 19:35 »

thanks to both of you for that info I'm going to give growing that a miss

sunshineband · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2017, 19:37 »

Quote from: rowlandwells on August 03, 2017, 19:35

thanks to both of you for that info I'm going to give growing that a miss

Like MoS said, calabrese is nice

rowlandwells · « **Reply #5 on:** August 04, 2017, 20:05 »

it looks like most of you favour growing calabrese although I've been growing brassicas for many years I haven't been tempted to grow calabrese but there's always a first time for everyone including me

so how can I achieve growing good calabrese as a novice what variety would you suggest I start of with we have bought calabrese from the supermarket in the past and it seemed a good veg the reason I never tried growing calabrese was that I thought it would be difficult to grow

I'm all ears not to old to learn new tricks from those who know better than me about growing calabrese

mumofstig · « **Reply #6 on:** August 04, 2017, 22:19 »

I grow Autumn Green Calabrese, it is widely available.
https://justseed.com/collections/calabrese/products/mrf15189

In May, I sow in modules and plant out when big enough, with the usual handful of chicken manure pellets in the planting hole. I grow all my brassicas under debris netting so don't get troubled by caterpillars. You pick the main head and then they grow more smaller shoots in a week or so.
So really there's nothing special to do

rowlandwells · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2017, 20:13 »

you've convinced me mum to give calabrese a try next season I'm making a note in my garden diary to come back and tell all how its performed

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