Broccoli

[MontyJ]

The crappy weather is ruining my early broccoli. It's bolting as soon as the heads form. It's also ruined any chance of getting any cauliflower. It's not even heading. Above normal temps, extreme humidity, and 8" of rain in the last 16 days hasn't done anything any good. It's suppose to cool off and dry out for the next few days, but it's too late for those plants.

 

[baymule]

Here broccoli and cauliflower are fall/winter/spring crops. Like in early spring. I plant in fall, harvest in winter and very early spring. Then it bolts and the chickens eat it. Sorry you are having such crappy luck with yours. :/

 

[digitS']

MontyJ, your last 16 days of too much rain .

. . would be about .

. . 40% to 50% of our yearly precip (much of it snow) .

Steve

 

[MontyJ]

I pulled 4 plants Thursday evening. Half dollar size heads, all bolted. I'm also pulling the cauliflower and eggplant. The cauliflower isn't even trying to make heads and the eggplant is just dropping blooms. It just goes that way some years.

 

[lesa]

You can try cutting off the bolting "heads" of broccoli- you will probably still get some decent side shoots- well into the fall.

 

[bj taylor]

I have yet to grow decent broccoli. I currently have one eggplant. that thing has cranked them out. I won't bother with it again though. hubby hates it no matter how I fix it.

 

[baymule]

I have yet to grow decent broccoli. I currently have one eggplant. that thing has cranked them out. I won't bother with it again though. hubby hates it no matter how I fix it.

Gee, that's too bad. When you finally get something that makes you look like a super garden genius, you DH doesn't like it!

 

[MontyJ]

I don't know whats wrong with the eggplant. It blooms, then the bloom just falls off. I think it has since quit blooming.

 

[MontyJ]

I finally managed to get some broccoli. Not the greatest heads, but considering the weather this year, I'll take it. I still have a bunch of plants out there, many late varieties, so there is still hope for a good harvest. These were blanched and frozen:

 

[journey11]

Nothing beats the flavor of homegrown broccoli. I'm gonna run to the feed store this week and see if they have any transplants for fall.