broccoli sowing query

Hi there

Another one , I followed Claires allotment on youtube for sowing broccoli, I have put in a tray, and they look lovely and strong, but do I need to repot these, or can they go in the ground, I have run out of pots!  her link is as follows.  I can get more pots though.  wished I had done in modules though and thinned out.

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I am querying this  as I was looking at allotment diary about butterfly attacks and noted his were sown in modules.  Here is a pic of mine currently.

And there are plenty of white butterflies and pigeons round here, so I daresay it is the same for you too, so do net them carefully.

Also, puddle them in as deep as their seed leaves and then pull dry soil around the stem, and firm it down.

If they do wilt, don't worry, they usually recover in a day or two

We love it!  I understand they grow a big one on the top and then a few at the sides, but not looked into that properly yet!

Its calabrese.

Amanda

It`s perfectly OK to grow them in a seed tray, you just have to be careful to plant them out in the right weather conditions, and it is perfect at the moment, no chance of hot sunshine in the foreseeable future.

Years ago, before the invention of modules, when I grew brassicas in an outdoors seedbed, if it was hot and sunny when they were being transplanted, I placed an upturned flowerpot over each one for a few days to shade them. Worked a treat.

i MEANT brussel sprouts before

Frost forecast tonight...be on your guard. 

I found a link on building a cloche for brassicas protecting against white butterfly, and whitefly, but it was removed... I dont know why as seen a few weblinks on posts, but anyway, I am going to get some of this enviromesh as seems to have good results.  Been ringing garden centres today before I order online but none of them seem to have it.  But I have also had to explain what it is to get past being told they have other nettings.

Thanks
Amanda