How to Grow Broccoli

Category: 

Vegetable, Leafy Greens

Planting Time:

Mid Spring to Summer

Harvest Time:

Approx 14 - 21 weeks

Difficulty:

Moderate

Planting & Care Instructions:

Broccoli seeds can be sown indoors until April, or outdoors from after April
For indoors: Fill pots or cell trays with compost and press down to firm the soil
Take a couple of seeds and sow into each pot or cell
Cover the seeds with 0.5cm of compost, pat down and gently water
If sowing direct to outdoors from April onwards, make trenches or wells for the seeds approx 12-18 inches apart
Seedlings make need thinning out to keep spacing once emerged
If transplanting from indoors, assure plants are spaced approx 18 inches apart