Broccoli - Help please

Hi,

Growing my first broccoli and Calabrese. Looked at them last night and noticed some small heads on the Calabrese. One seems to have flowered and is open. I assume I should cut them when they are tight? The heads are only small so I assumed they would get mugh bigger.

On the sprouting Broccoli, I thought they wouldnt sprout this early? I thought I was growing them for winter!

Cudders

Looks like ur calabresse has bolted and gone to seed, the sprouting broccoli, which is it, some are summer and some are spring, if it is the spring then no it should not of sprung. might be to do with the very dry and now very wet conditions and they have got a little confused.
And the blackfly, squirt with water, I only use soapy water if they are in the millions, just zap them off every few days.

Yes, but depending on variety and conditions, heads can be rather little as compared to your average cauli. Can bolt for a lot of reasons, sunny dry weather sends them flowering easily. Harvest, while heads are tight, whatever size that happens to be. Give a good soak and most will supply you with little sprouts for a long while after the main head is cut.

Your over-wintering ones also will have a central head to cut first, again, usually smallish, these should crop - variety - from Jan to May. I'd hazard the vague guess, you sowed these too early. A few varieties can be sown upto July, so I'd risk throwing a few seeds in now.