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Garden Master
When I was a kid, I didn't care for some veggies. I suppose that's still true - there are just a few, that hold no appeal for me . . .
Tomatoes were one that I didn't like when I was real young. Learning to like them probably had something to do with the interest Americans began to take in spaghetti and pizza. You know, I can still remember when the very 1st pizza place opened in the town where I lived and the first time I tasted a pizza . . .
Anyway, I learned to like tomatoes and unlike some folks who have made it to high office without a special regard for it, I like broccoli, too!
I started with an old-style variety (Calabrese) but found that I had trouble keeping up with all the little shoots. The lateness of production also was a problem. Probably, for 10 years, I grew Green Comet and thought it did real well - I was completely happy with Green Comet .
Green Comet seed was everywhere! And, then it wasn't . . .
So, I was forced to try Premium Crop. It didn't quite "work" probably because the season is usually very cool and cloudy during the spring and then changes to Hot & Dry in early July. We can go an entire summer month with no rain, at all. Premium Crop will produce a nice head then all those nice buds get entirely too "rambunctious" in flowering. I'd like to bring some of those into the kitchen for dinner!
Then I found the very-popular Packman! Just right! A little broccoli plant with a nice big head and quite a few tender side-shoots -- all for me!
Now, I have problems finding Packman seed!! Next year . . . the year after . . . this has happened before . . . sometimes, they just slip away.
Steve
Tomatoes were one that I didn't like when I was real young. Learning to like them probably had something to do with the interest Americans began to take in spaghetti and pizza. You know, I can still remember when the very 1st pizza place opened in the town where I lived and the first time I tasted a pizza . . .
Anyway, I learned to like tomatoes and unlike some folks who have made it to high office without a special regard for it, I like broccoli, too!
I started with an old-style variety (Calabrese) but found that I had trouble keeping up with all the little shoots. The lateness of production also was a problem. Probably, for 10 years, I grew Green Comet and thought it did real well - I was completely happy with Green Comet .
Green Comet seed was everywhere! And, then it wasn't . . .
So, I was forced to try Premium Crop. It didn't quite "work" probably because the season is usually very cool and cloudy during the spring and then changes to Hot & Dry in early July. We can go an entire summer month with no rain, at all. Premium Crop will produce a nice head then all those nice buds get entirely too "rambunctious" in flowering. I'd like to bring some of those into the kitchen for dinner!
Then I found the very-popular Packman! Just right! A little broccoli plant with a nice big head and quite a few tender side-shoots -- all for me!
Now, I have problems finding Packman seed!! Next year . . . the year after . . . this has happened before . . . sometimes, they just slip away.
Steve