Snow where I’m at today.We got down to 26* here this morning.
Harvest the main head to encourage lateral growth.Any of yous ever start broccoli from seed?
Kinda wondering if I should for spring planting or buy transplants
Also for late summer starting for fall harvest
I live the stuff
Also want opinions on best variety as I like a plant that gives alot of side shoots as well as large heads
You should be ok. Make little mini green houses out of plastic milk jugs for them when they start to sprout , in case you get a late May frost. Those two varieties are also pretty cold hearty. I’ve grown them in late season before for a late fall / early winter crop with good results.We late on starting them
Probably gonna try direct seeding this weekend
I think we have some Waltham seed
I never get broccoli heads so I gave up on broccoli. I get tons of leaves but not good crowns.Yellow onion sets in today.
Hope to put in broccoli seeds sunday
Hopefully these bees make it. Bees aren’t cheap. Watch for viruses and invaders. It probably was the cold though.I got my replacement bees yesterday. The nuc I got last year did great even though they had to build all new comb on virgin foundation. I believe the deep freeze got them. There was still plenty of honey and stuff, they just all died.
This nuc gets to start on good comb so they can get right to making honey and growing the colony. Different kind of bees this time. Much larger and they don't seem as docile. Hopefully they can handle the winter a little better.