broccoli 'Fiesta' F1
broccoli (Calabrese) - organic
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- size:
- approx 30 seeds
- available within:
- 2-3 days
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, well drained, moisture-retentive and firm
- Rate of growth: fast
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A tasty and nutritious steamed vegetable, with domed, green heads. They are usually ready for harvest 80 days after transplanting, so are ideal for eating in late summer and autumn. - Growing Instructions:
Sow thinly in mid April to late June, in a well prepared seedbed, 13mm deep. Transplant when they are large enough to handle, (about 5 weeks from sowing), to well prepared soil in a sunny spot. Early sowings can be made under glass, but they resent being moved when temperatures are too high, so later sowings should be made in a well prepared bed in a sunny spot, allowing 40-45cm between plants. Keep evenly moist throughout the growing season and after the 300-400g central heads have been harvested, give the plants a feed and this will encourage subsequent side shoots to develop. These can be cut regularly until the first frosts.
- Eventual Height: 0.6m
- Eventual Spread: 0.45m