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Gavin Bl

Joined: 14 Jul 2006
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Location: Cardiff

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 3:10 pm Post subject: brocolli - not purple, not sprouting
my so called purple sprouting brocolli is looking very green and unsprouted - should I be waiting longer, or just cutting my losses and eating it green? cheers Gav

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 4:15 pm Post subject:
Is it just getting bigger and bigger? One year i gave ours rather a lot of horse poo and it got really big but didnt " fruit "

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: brocolli - not purple, not sprouting

Gavin Bl wrote:

my so called purple sprouting brocolli is looking very green and unsprouted - should I be waiting longer, or just cutting my losses and eating it green?

cheers
Gav

Do you mean that there are no 'edible bits'? Or does it look like ordinary broccoli?

Sally Too

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2511
Location: N.Ireland

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 5:30 pm Post subject:
One year I bought a tray of seedlings in sept & planted for spring cabbages, broccoli etc. Trouble was I forgot which was which and ate all plants as spring greens! Some leaves tasted a bit broccoli like, but we didn't leave them long enough to sprout. It was still delicious! When was yours planted?

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: brocolli - not purple, not sprouting

Gavin Bl wrote:

my so called purple sprouting brocolli is looking very green and unsprouted - should I be waiting longer, or just cutting my losses and eating it green?

cheers
Gav

I would be interested in the answer to this as ours hasn't sprouted either - it was planted too early, got decimated by slugs, then started to grow strongly in the autumn and is now big and green but wih no purple sprouty bits!!

Kinnopio

Joined: 14 Aug 2006
Posts: 356

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 5:41 pm Post subject:
I looked at mine this evening and the buds are just starting to form - so maybe it needs just a little bit longer? The leaves of mine have a definite pinky purple tinge though!

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 07 9:03 pm Post subject:

I should give it more time. It is only the middle of February. You don't say what variety it is. If it is one of the later sprouting types, you may have to wait in to April.

The are all sorts of other variables to consider too. Broccoli of this type is a biennial and needs a period of cold weather to initiate the sprouting mechanism. Apart from last weekend, it has been pretty warm really.

Just be patient.

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Gavin Bl

Joined: 14 Jul 2006
Posts: 281
Location: Cardiff

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 07 12:06 pm Post subject:
thanks all, I'm not sure of the variety - but I'll sit and wait.

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 07 2:04 pm Post subject:
Would a high potash (K) flower fertiliser feed be useful? For sure high Nitrogen would be expected to be unhelpful.

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