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  • #1

    How many autumn spear broccoli....

    do you think I need for me and my 2 children (no one else eats it ), it is the first year I have grown sprouting broccoli, so not sure how many plants I will need. Thanks to the slugs, I only have 3 purple.... but about 15 of the autumn variety.

    I'll swap what I don't need on freecycle Already agreed to sacrafice some for some aubergine and capsicum pepper plants none of mine grew

    thank you, chrissie x
    "Nothing contrary to one's genius"


    http://chrissieslottie.blogspot.com/
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    I had about 6 plants this year, and they cropped all at once, for about 3 weeks. So we 2 were eating broccoli at every meal !

    I tried freezing it, but it disintegrated into green dust.
    Last edited by Two_Sheds; 06-06-2009, 08:51 PM.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Thank you two sheds

      I was hoping to be super organised (here's hoping! lol) and make some sort of broccoli soup to freeze if we had a glut maybe?

      I think 3 of each may be ok then?
      "Nothing contrary to one's genius"


      http://chrissieslottie.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        Soup would freeze OK I should think.
        Try 3 of each, and then adjust for next year. It's so hard to tell how much broccoli a person can eat.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          only me and my son here, so only 2 mouths to feed - we love broccoli - we're growing loads of several varieties of broccoli/calabrese - got no idea how much we'll need, but aiming to have fresh broccoli available several months of the year and freeze surplus for the rest of the year

          varieties i have are:
          broccoli green magic - sow feb onwards, harvest jun-aug
          calabrese belstar - sow april onwards, harvest june-oct
          calabrese sakura - sow apr onwards, harvest jul-sep
          broccoli autumn spear - sow apr, harvest sep-nov
          PSB late - sow mar, harvest dec-feb
          PSB rudolph - sow apr, havest jan-mar

          in theory we should have fresh broccoli/calabrese 10 months of the year
          was ill in feb/mar so didn't sow the early sowings as early as i could have, so won't work quite to plan - no broccoli for another couple of months yet
          most of the autumn spear seedlings died off in the greenhouse on a hot day, but got plenty of the others - just need to remember what i plant out and where .......
          some that was planted out a while back is already sprouting - not sure which one it is but looks kinda purple-ish ......
          http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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          • #6
            same here i have planted tons,
            i mean must be about 50 calabreese and around 20 broccoli as i found these harder to grow, and cabbages about 50.
            i assumed that i would be able to freeze all my surplus , so looks like i could be in with a problem
            a good put down line to use !

            If having brains was a fatal disease, you would be the only survivor.


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            • #7
              I've decided to keep 6 for this year (I've got my 80 day ones to sow that were free in the mag too ) and I've managed to swap all of the others via freecycle

              I now have 3 aubergine plants, 3 capsicum peppers, a cucumber plant, a courgette plant and a chilli pepper plant too

              Might be worth a go butter fingers!! Hoping on some more peppers, aubergines and rubarb for the rest of my extra cabbages.

              Very impressive list farmer Gyles! I'd love to give the rudolf broccoli a go! Will definately be on my list next year.
              "Nothing contrary to one's genius"


              http://chrissieslottie.blogspot.com/

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              • #8
                To freeze broccoli I think you have to blanch in boiling water first.... check it out online? It's what my mum has always done anyway. Hx
                "Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."

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