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  • Question- Purple sprouting Brocolli

    I have sown some purple sprouting brocolli in modules and I am just wondering when I should plant out? It is a variety that wont be ready for harvesting until early next year, so dont want to use up the raised beds to early, would it be OK to continue brining them on for a bit longer? I also have sprouts in modules as well.

  • #2
    I suspect your modules are a little small for developing plants.
    If you have no other room at this time I would transplant them into pots of say 3 to 4 inches which will keep them happy for some weeks.

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    • #3
      You can plant them out in a nursery bed, to be moved later on when space allows.

      Or, plant them at their final spaces and use the space in between for quick growers like salad and dwarf French beans.

      whatever, you'll have to net them against butterflies and pigeons.
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        The secret of keeping stuff in modules for a long time once you have some plants of planting size just keep them alive with enough moisture to survive and you can keep the for a long time .
        In 2007 i kept some PSB going for 5 months end of march till end of August and when i took them to my plot the comments were what the hell are them , chuck e'm on the compost heap and various profanitys but i stuck them in the ground and they grew like nothing else i had a very good crop.
        So it will work just do not feed just water them good luck....jacob
        What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
        Ralph Waide Emmerson

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        • #5
          Did you also keep them cool, Jacob ??
          The proof of the growing is in the eating.
          Leave Rotten Fruit.
          Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
          Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
          Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.

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          • #6
            I did exactly the same, planted in modules hoping they'd last a few more weeks til I had more space but they went leggy and flopped over. PLanted out today into final spacings, hoping they can cope with the wind here! I'll prob do some lettuce in between to make use of the large gaps.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by teakdesk View Post
              Did you also keep them cool, Jacob ??
              They was on staging about 5 foot of the ground with some netting cage's over them to keep them from the pesky pigeons and the like ....jacob
              What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
              Ralph Waide Emmerson

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              • #8
                Just some thing else i have remembered is that i read about this method in a old gardening book it is usually overwintering and they are called stag plant's...jacob
                What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
                Ralph Waide Emmerson

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