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Purple sprouting Broccoli

TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
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I have a tray of Purple sprouting Broccoli which has gone a bit leggy or is it as I've never grown it before. They don't have any true leaves yet just two seedling leaves. Do I plant them on deep like you can with tomatoes if they gone to leggy or are they beyond hope and I need to start again. I still have plenty of seeds and the packet says to plant between March/May so I have time.
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  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    You may be better to sow another batch, I love the taste of purple sprouting but they are in the ground for such a long time they take too much room for me.
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    Thanks barry island I thought that might be the case. I thought I might put a few in the middle of the flower beds for something different. I to have limited space so I will only be putting a few in the veg garden. Thanks again.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Don't ditch the seedlings you have @Dee73, let them grow a bit bigger and use them in salads. They taste more like broccoli than broccoli does - mmmmm.  People call them micro-greens nowadays I understand.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057

    herbaceous, that sound good, I'll pot them on so they can grow a bit bigger then salads here they come . Thanks for that, waste not want not as they saying goes. 
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    You have grown them, you may as well use them, you say you have limited space, they do grow pretty big, and yes, take ages, I am picking some I grew last year, you also (later on in the year) will have to watch out for the cabbage whites!
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    Nanny Beach, when you say they grown pretty big, can you give me some idea how big before I plant another tray up? Thank you for your reply.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I had four plants @Dee73 which completely filled a 1m X 1m bed - I planted tomatoes at the back while the PSB was smaller last year and then left them to do their own thing over winter. I picked quite a few leaves for greens whilst waiting for the 'good stuff' which was definitely worth waiting for. Sadly they only last a few weeks and mine are now flowering.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147


    This big ... they’re the blue-ish plants near the fence. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    Thanks herbaceous With this info I don't think I'll have the room and the space would be better utilised with growing something else. I would have liked to grow potatoes but again no room. Right best have a think as to what I can sow instead maybe another row of pea's, I'm glad you told me. Thank you.
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    Thanks Dovefromabove, from looking at you photo they would take up space where I could grow something more than 3 or four plant. Also if they don't last long before going to flower I think I'll grow something we would eat more. Thanks for the photo it's always a help to see how things grow.
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