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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: greenstan77 on May 21, 2009, 21:52

Title: flowering broccolli
Post by: greenstan77 on May 21, 2009, 21:52

hi all, 

        my broccolli seems to have flowers is this no good now or should i give it a chance?


                                 thanks for replies

                                                   mik

Title: Re: flowering broccolli
Post by: mumofstig on May 21, 2009, 21:57

The bit you eat is the buds before the flowers are open so are they this years flowering very early or planted last year and not eaten yet? i'm confused :wacko:

Title: Re: flowering broccolli
Post by: DD. on May 21, 2009, 22:04

If it's in flower, it's has no chance, it gone over.

This must surely be last year's that you didn't get to in time?

Title: Re: flowering broccolli
Post by: greenstan77 on May 21, 2009, 22:11

thanks dd and mumofstig,

             they are this years. i sowed in march and planted out 6 weeks ago. its the only one that has flower, the others look fine? bizarre

Title: Re: flowering broccolli
Post by: DD. on May 21, 2009, 22:21

Well, that one's shot it!

Are they Purple Sprouters Stan? If so you may be a little early.

As I mentioned in another thread, I've held back this year as I think you can be a little too forward with PSB.