What is this plant?

**zazen999** · 15-04-2009, 09:40 AM

It is a brassica that has gone to seed....so could well be a brussel but it looks like brocolli to me...

**Zenithtb** · 15-04-2009, 09:45 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

It is a brassica that has gone to seed....so could well be a brussel but it looks like brocolli to me...

So where on the plant would the brocolli (bit you eat) be? Does it 'exist' yet? The problem is I got frustrated with nothing growing, so seeded a bit of everything. 3 weeks later it went nuts, so I had to keep moving plants to spare pots I had, and now (as a new gardener) I do not know what is growing where and cannot identify anything :-)

Mark

**zazen999** · 15-04-2009, 09:55 AM

That plant won't produce anything now....broccollis [calabrese] usually have a main stem and purple sprouting broccollis have flower stems that you eat before they actually flower, but that looks like it hasn't developed properly and has shot straight to seed. They usually like really heavy soil, so if you grow them in pots you need to stamp the soil down - so I think it would be the pot that is too small for it.

**Zenithtb** · 15-04-2009, 10:26 AM

Ooooh. OK - many thanks! Shame I live in a flat with only a 3 x 1m balcony. With luck my beans and peas will do better - my oranges look unhappy, but my grape is perking up. Just got some blackberries, raspberries and gooseberries. Where shall I put them lol!!!!

Mark

**zazen999** · 15-04-2009, 10:31 AM

Personally, I'd forget trying to grow brassicas on a balcony - I've got a lottie and I'm cutting right down on brassicas...they are just too much like hard work.

Peas, beans, grapes and those fruit sound ideal!!!

**Zenithtb** · 15-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Bless ya - also have strawberries, white currants, tomatos, lettuce and am trying potatos... Perhaps I am trying too hard lol! What lives, lives...

Mark

**zazen999** · 15-04-2009, 10:43 AM

Sounds triumphant!!!!

Get a balcony blog going

**Pumpkin Becki** · 15-04-2009, 10:49 AM

Wow! That's amazing - it just goes to show how little space you actually need to grow fruit and veg.

PS, I was going to type something else, but it was a definate double entendre!!

**Zenithtb** · 15-04-2009, 10:49 AM

What a super idea! I would love to do that - maybe it would inspire other 'space constrained' ppl like me :-) Watch this space!

You're a very nice person!

Mark

**Zenithtb** · 15-04-2009, 11:19 AM

Blog started!

Thanks you two - and what was the double entendre? Now I'm intrigued!

Mark

**zazen999** · 15-04-2009, 11:27 AM

So am I...

Pop your blog in your signature and I'll follow your progress...

**Eyren** · 15-04-2009, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

I've got a lottie and I'm cutting right down on brassicas...they are just too much like hard work

Blasphemy!

They are a lot of work - but not much else grows in winter, and besides, we love them! Definitely not worth growing on a balcony, though...

**Zenithtb** · 15-04-2009, 11:35 AM

I don't think I know how to add blog to my sig (cannot find sig option!)
Is here Grow Your Own - Growing, How To Grow Tomatoes Growing Fruit & Veg - Recipe Advice, Organic food Gardening, Chickens, Seeds for Sale anyway...

Mark

**Pumpkin Becki** · 15-04-2009, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by Zenithtb View Post

Blog started!

and what was the double entendre? Now I'm intrigued!

Mark

It's the classic 'it's not the size that counts, it's what you do with it'

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