calabrese

the wife and me had quite a discussion about growing calabrese the other night according to the wife a well known garden mag says you should sow the seed individually in a modular or pots  because calabrese dislike being pricked out and prefer growing in a modular or pots until planting out around about four weeks also prior to this one would need to harden of the plants before planting them out of the modular  as calabrese trying not to disturb the root ball as this may cause premature flowering

so who's rite what is your preferred calabrese growing in trays pricking out or modular sowings ?

I start all my brassicas including calabrese in small plug modules which I either transfer to pots or if the weather is kind plant our direct. Working pretty well so far.

I just sow my seeds in an  15cm pot and then thin them into 10 cm pot and plant out when ready... they have never failed me I usually get huge heads. This year though things are a bit different weather wise. It has not stopped raining for the past two weeks and my ground is completely waterlogged and the plants are not surprisingly starting to show they don't like it... does not look good at all! Next year these plants will be grown in my no dig beds which are slightly raised and therefore not that badly effected. I would have done them that way this year but the beds were not ready. I grow Marathon F1

I always start mine off in trays, in rows, 1 seed every 2" or so. Then I just use a teaspoon to scoop out each seedling complete with roots, like a tree supplied with root ball, and pot them on in 3" pots. Works well for me with very few casualties.