I just started my seed bed for Fall broccoli

Pogo · 06-24-2008, 01:57 PM

The Spring broccoli isn't usually all that successful. The weather here gets hot too fast and the broccoli is rangy and develops seed heads.

I like broccoli.

flopshot · 06-24-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pogo

The Spring broccoli isn't usually all that successful. The weather here gets hot too fast and the broccoli is rangy and develops seed heads.

I like broccoli.

mine did pretty good since we had a cooler spring. never tried it from seed but i did get some spinach from seed this year.

hangfire · 06-24-2008, 04:06 PM

MMMMMM, with butter and cheese sauce.

Pogo · 06-30-2008, 06:33 PM

The broccoli is starting to come up. I'll take a picture of it in a day or so.

RTO · 07-02-2008, 11:43 PM

When my youngest daughter lived at home we would cook grilled cheese and (steamed) broccoli sandwiches. They are really good.

I harvested some broccoli this spring from a fall planting.

HorseSoldier176 · 07-07-2008, 03:57 PM

Good Luck!

Pogo · 07-08-2008, 05:03 PM

...is coming right along. I've started thinning the plants out. I plan on having about 8 plants or so when it is time to move them to my garden. I'll probably move the plants to my garden at the end of this month.

My tree farm is doing good. I transplanted a bunch of my chestnut trees over the weekend. I'll plant the butternuts in the fall when they get a little bigger.

scheistermeister · 07-08-2008, 05:07 PM

I never could grow a plant to save my life...

flopshot · 07-08-2008, 09:17 PM

the tree rats are eyeing your cache as we speak.

HorseSoldier176 · 07-09-2008, 12:37 PM

Is that the new miniature broccoli, that you add water to, and it instantly becomes full sized?

Sanders · 07-09-2008, 08:15 PM

Here's my broccoli farm - the sprinkler is in the middle of it. I had to put it on a bucket because the broccoli was blocking the water from the 'maters and chile peppers. My lettuce is to the right of the broccoli.

Nothing in my garden was doing very well - just staying alive, but not really growing while being watered with the city water. One rainstorm made the lettuce and broccoli grow like weeds. And it made the weeds grow like weeds.

My corn (not in the picture) is not even 3 ft. high and is already tasseling out. I guess my soil must be missing something.

flopshot · 07-09-2008, 09:10 PM

we've been eating corn and tomatoes from the garden for the past three days. picked a bunch of peppers to give away. seems like things are a few weeks behind this year. cucumbers are not near where they should be by now. watermellons are doing well as are the cantelope.
i'm convinced soaker hoses are the bomb. i use very little fertilizer. mostly only when i place the plants.

ptannjr · 07-10-2008, 08:18 AM

Working the ground for a fall garden to start planing in the next few weeks. Not sure what will make it to the ground yet. Have you been to www.almanac.com? it is The farmers almanac. You can put in your ZIP code and it will tell you the dates and plants to plant.

Pogo · 07-25-2008, 11:26 AM

I dug up about a 4' x 6' area for my broccoli. Now I've got to bust up the clods and use my roto tiller on it.

And I'll be planting my broccoli in it when I'm done.

flopshot · 07-25-2008, 11:59 AM

looks like they've grown a bit since your last picture.
too hot here to start fall plants.
i'm a little jealous of your dirt.

06-24-2008, 01:57 PM	#1
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	I just started my seed bed for Fall broccoli The Spring broccoli isn't usually all that successful. The weather here gets hot too fast and the broccoli is rangy and develops seed heads. I like broccoli. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

07-07-2008, 03:57 PM	#6
HorseSoldier176 Retired Soldier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Central PA Posts: 14,148	Good Luck! __________________ Free citizens are armed citizens, but only armed citizens are truly free! Bruce R. Gadbois 2008

07-08-2008, 05:03 PM	#7
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	My broccoli farm....... ...is coming right along. I've started thinning the plants out. I plan on having about 8 plants or so when it is time to move them to my garden. I'll probably move the plants to my garden at the end of this month. My tree farm is doing good. I transplanted a bunch of my chestnut trees over the weekend. I'll plant the butternuts in the fall when they get a little bigger.

07-08-2008, 05:07 PM	#8
scheistermeister Throbbing Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,727	I never could grow a plant to save my life... __________________ There are 10 types of people - Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Remember, kids... When choosing a career path: Mechanical Engineers make weapons, Civil Engineers make targets.

07-09-2008, 08:15 PM	#11
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,557	Here's my broccoli farm - the sprinkler is in the middle of it. I had to put it on a bucket because the broccoli was blocking the water from the 'maters and chile peppers. My lettuce is to the right of the broccoli. Nothing in my garden was doing very well - just staying alive, but not really growing while being watered with the city water. One rainstorm made the lettuce and broccoli grow like weeds. And it made the weeds grow like weeds. My corn (not in the picture) is not even 3 ft. high and is already tasseling out. I guess my soil must be missing something. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

06-24-2008, 04:06 PM	#3
hangfire Home on the range Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 17,287	MMMMMM, with butter and cheese sauce.

06-30-2008, 06:33 PM	#4
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	The broccoli is starting to come up. I'll take a picture of it in a day or so.

07-02-2008, 11:43 PM	#5
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,605	When my youngest daughter lived at home we would cook grilled cheese and (steamed) broccoli sandwiches. They are really good. I harvested some broccoli this spring from a fall planting.

07-08-2008, 09:17 PM	#9
flopshot Constitutional bigot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,812	the tree rats are eyeing your cache as we speak.

07-09-2008, 12:37 PM	#10
HorseSoldier176 Retired Soldier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Central PA Posts: 14,148	Is that the new miniature broccoli, that you add water to, and it instantly becomes full sized?

07-09-2008, 09:10 PM	#12
flopshot Constitutional bigot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,812	we've been eating corn and tomatoes from the garden for the past three days. picked a bunch of peppers to give away. seems like things are a few weeks behind this year. cucumbers are not near where they should be by now. watermellons are doing well as are the cantelope. i'm convinced soaker hoses are the bomb. i use very little fertilizer. mostly only when i place the plants.

07-10-2008, 08:18 AM	#13
ptannjr Just a dude! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ocala, Fl Posts: 6,059	Working the ground for a fall garden to start planing in the next few weeks. Not sure what will make it to the ground yet. Have you been to www.almanac.com? it is The farmers almanac. You can put in your ZIP code and it will tell you the dates and plants to plant. __________________ Consider this, Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic http://www.OcalaCarAudio.com

07-25-2008, 11:26 AM	#14
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	I just got done leaning on a shovel... I dug up about a 4' x 6' area for my broccoli. Now I've got to bust up the clods and use my roto tiller on it. And I'll be planting my broccoli in it when I'm done.

07-25-2008, 11:59 AM	#15
flopshot Constitutional bigot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,812	looks like they've grown a bit since your last picture. too hot here to start fall plants. i'm a little jealous of your dirt.