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    Staking Purple sprouting broccolli

    The biggest of mine blew over in November gales and the tops are now growing upright with 2-3ft of stalk lying on the ground.

    Should I lift them up and stake them - or leave them, and they grow extra roots from the stem?
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    leave them. Next year, stamp them in well, and earth up the stem too. If your site is very exposed (windy), stake them
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Yea.. mine got frozen to death, battered by the winds and engulfed in the deep snow. I dont think i will get much more than a couple of boilings off, so i may cut my losses and pull it up early.
      Its Grand to be Daft...

      https://www.youtube.com/user/beauchief1?feature=mhee

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      • #4
        Don't pull it up, mine looks pretty good this year but last year had a right battering and although I lost one of them the other plants gave me a really good crop, just rather later than normal.

        Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

        Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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        • #5
          Ours were completely done in by the snow. Nothing whatsoever to salvage. That said I didn't need to stake them season before last and while they were set back a bit by the snow they didn't fall over.

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          • #6
            Mine are looking really healthy, I'm quite surprised.

            I've never staked mine yet - I'm more worried about my shed than my PSB!
            Real Men Sow - a cheery allotment blog.

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            • #7
              In that case I'll stake half and leave the rest sprawling, they're big healthy plants so I should get a good crop anyway.

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              • #8
                Mine look a total mess but I'm just leaving them be.Even though most of the bottom foliage turned either yellow or to slime there's a lot of new growth at the tops,so hopefully they'll recover at least a little.

                I'll be staking them next year
                the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

                Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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                • #9
                  Mine were a total mess, lost the lot. still, try again this year

                  Kx

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