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Post by merlin on Feb 17, 2011 8:50:11 GMT
Apparently it's the new super food, does anyone grow it and is it too late to sow now?
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Post by esther on Feb 17, 2011 9:05:12 GMT
We grow purple sprouting broccoli which hopefully we will be picking in a few weeks time. The seeds were sown in the Summer
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Post by Tel on Feb 17, 2011 9:49:57 GMT
We grow it. Just read that the British crop is reduced by 50% with the weather in Dec.
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Post by Tel on Feb 17, 2011 9:51:23 GMT
Apparently it's the new super food, does anyone grow it and is it too late to sow now? There is plenty of time to sow a summer crop, if you get the right variety to sow.
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poly
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Post by poly on Feb 17, 2011 10:49:52 GMT
we lost most of ours on the allotment as it froze so the stalks started to rot a few have survived, but if comercial growers have also lost theirs then it will be expensive, its supposed to fill the "hungry gap" in the year but I suspect a lot of over wintered veg has been lost. we also lost cabbages and caulis so won't have spring veg either
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 17, 2011 11:08:09 GMT
I lost half of mine for the same reason Poly.
Purples are at No1 of favorite veg, they even beat sweetcorn.
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Post by merlin on Feb 18, 2011 7:11:35 GMT
We once grew some handsome ordinary Broccoli but it was full of caterpillars, urgh! does 'Purple' suffer any such horrors? Oh and Tel, can you recommend a suitable variety?
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Post by Tel on Feb 18, 2011 7:39:23 GMT
These are the summer Broccoli we grow. Purple sprouting sow upto the end of March. The green one Autumn Spear sow April/May.
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Post by Cherry on Feb 18, 2011 8:37:51 GMT
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 18, 2011 8:51:50 GMT
We once grew some handsome ordinary Broccoli but it was full of caterpillars, urgh! does 'Purple' suffer any such horrors? Oh and Tel, can you recommend a suitable variety? I only grow the purple one because I had the same problem with green broccoli. I think it has a better flavor too.
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Post by esther on Feb 18, 2011 9:17:34 GMT
We only grow the winter/spring broccoli I just can't be doing with caterpillars
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Post by steve on Feb 18, 2011 16:32:39 GMT
I often break a piece off and eat it raw while down the allotment, not sure if it has caterpillars?
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Post by merlin on Feb 18, 2011 16:54:57 GMT
Thanks for all your info....and offers I note that unlike 'ordinary' broccoli it's spread out a bit and maybe easier to detect caterpillars. I looked at T&M's site but there are so many to choose from, I wouldn't mind a few plants though. They're not cheap so as I've already got my propagator on, I'll try some seeds. Thanks Tel.
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Post by Louise on Feb 18, 2011 18:46:44 GMT
Apparently it's the new super food, does anyone grow it and is it too late to sow now? There's nothing new about it, it's been around for yonks. The term 'superfoods' came about in the 80s when the public were being educated on the subject of nutrients from fresh produce. All vividly coloured produce contains the most nutrients and these foods were then dubbed that title. I could bore you witless on the subject. (what do you mean i do anyway )
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Post by merlin on Feb 19, 2011 18:05:29 GMT
You could never bore me Louise I heard about it on the farming programme earlier in the week, apparently the weather has caused shortage and the price has rocketed. They did say that it contains lots of good vitamins. OH buys it and we like the taste so I'll try to grow some. I'm wondering if I should make some sort of butterfly cover.
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