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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Grubbypaws on August 05, 2021, 16:01

Title: Strange year on the plot
Post by: Grubbypaws on August 05, 2021, 16:01

One of my Purple Sprouting Broccoli 'Early Purple Sprouting' is producing a head; this shouldn't happen until late winter/early spring. Is it because of the strange year that it has been or has there been a mix up with the seeds?

Also my Raspberries are still going strong; they are usually completely over before the end of July. It has been such a bumper crop that I have had to buy an additional chest freezer  :lol: It has probably been my best year ever for soft fruit!

Title: Re: Strange year on the plot
Post by: crh75 on August 06, 2021, 12:27

It's not uncommeon for it to happen sometimes.  Could be many reasons, eg insect damage, got knocked (brocken roots), weather, odd plant.  It is annoying though. 

Good news on the raspberries.