[mushroom]

hi,

how many purple sprouting broccoli plants do you reckon will be enough to feed 2 people for the duration florets are available? I have 10 planted about a foot to 18 inches apart, they are at the 4 leaf stage now. is this enough?

[DD.]

Depends on your appetite!!!

I planted 10 purple sprouters & 10 white sprouters last year & could have done with more - but perhaps that's just me!

[mushroom]

i have a large appetite. Think I'll need to do another 30 therefore  :shock:  

[loubylou29]

How many of the small sprouting heads do you get per plant?
I planted 8 in my garden and they are huge already, only 4 really took off, thwe other 4 were too close and got smothered from light.  I am shocked at how big the are, I hope to get a reasonable amount ech plant for the size the are!! LOL

[WG.]

Remember that slugs / pigeons / rabbits / whatever will take their share too.  And it freezes very well if you have a surplus!

[DD.]

How many of the small sprouting heads do you get per plant?
I planted 8 in my garden and they are huge already, only 4 really took off, thwe other 4 were too close and got smothered from light.  I am shocked at how big the are, I hope to get a reasonable amount ech plant for the size the are!! LOL

Too many to count really.

If they take off the plants get very large. I always space mine 2.5 feet apart.

[noshed]

Pigeons have eaten mine. I wouldn't mind it so much if they didn't behave as if they were in Tescos, strolling up and down my paths, choosing what they fancy.

[mushroom]

I'm resigned to keeping them netted throughout. In fact, all brassicas on my plot require the same treatment. The problem isn't pigeons, seems mainly to be large black and white birds. Don't know what they're called. Maybe they're magpies???

[DD.]

I'm resigned to keeping them netted throughout. In fact, all brassicas on my plot require the same treatment. The problem isn't pigeons, seems mainly to be large black and white birds. Don't know what they're called. Maybe they're magpies???

Sounds like magpies, we have them down our plot, but it's not them that eat the plants, it's the woodies.

[mushroom]

I'm resigned to keeping them netted throughout. In fact, all brassicas on my plot require the same treatment. The problem isn't pigeons, seems mainly to be large black and white birds. Don't know what they're called. Maybe they're magpies???

Sounds like magpies, we have them down our plot, but it's not them that eat the plants, it's the woodies.

woodies == woodpeckers? or wood pigeons?

[DD.]

woodies == woodpeckers? or wood pigeons?

Wood Pigeons aka flying rats.

[jacnal]

How many of the small sprouting heads do you get per plant?
I planted 8 in my garden and they are huge already, only 4 really took off, thwe other 4 were too close and got smothered from light.  I am shocked at how big the are, I hope to get a reasonable amount ech plant for the size the are!! LOL

Too many to count really.

If they take off the plants get very large. I always space mine 2.5 feet apart.

Oops, I may have a problem then. I've about 20 plants in one not very big bed. Might have to transplant at some point? :shock:

[yummy]

How many of the small sprouting heads do you get per plant?
I planted 8 in my garden and they are huge already, only 4 really took off, thwe other 4 were too close and got smothered from light.  I am shocked at how big the are, I hope to get a reasonable amount ech plant for the size the are!! LOL

Too many to count really.

If they take off the plants get very large. I always space mine 2.5 feet apart.

Really? Ooops mine are far too close then  :oops:

[DD.]

Really? Ooops mine are far too close then  :oops:

I think you'd already found that out when 4 plants got smothered!

[Annie]

I find 4 plants enough,those little heads just carry on coming,the trick is to make sure that  you have a crop waiting to go in that space in April and I  guarantee that your broccoli will not stop sprouting!