Purple Sprouting Broccoli is ready to Harvest
The Purple Sprouting Broccoli in the vegetable garden is ready to harvest now.
The broccoli seeds were sown last April and planted out with the sprouts at the end of May.
The tips of the flowering stems are broken off to give a spear about 4inches long.
The spears are steamed for 10 minutes to give a tasty, nutritious vegetable.
A chemical in broccoli can boost DNA repair and may stop cells becoming cancerous. Experts say that eating broccoli at least once a week reduces the risk of prostate cancer.
Early Sprouting Rudolph is a calibrese variety which is one of the earliest, producing tasty large spears. If you live in a colder climate then you can still expect early harvests from mid February.
Click to buy a packet of Early Sprouting Rudolph (100 seeds) £1.69
More on the health benefits of colourful vegetables can be found here.
The Purple Sprouting Broccoli that is just ready for harvest in the vegetable garden now, is a healthy and nutritious vegetable to grow.
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Hey Top Veg,
So glad you stopped over to visit my site yesterday! Good veggie growing sites are hard to find. You surely have a nice one. Where are you located? Just curious as you are now harvesting brocolli. I do all of my veggie gardening in containers as I have a yard that is the size of a postage stamp and it is shady. So the pots hit the deck!
I just harvested a few pole beans this morning and I have lots of goodies that I planted by seed that are now coming along nicely. I will swing by again soon!
Comment by Deb - February 26, 2008 8:10 pm
It looks great and very lively color too. I wonder if it has more of a certain nutrient.
Comment by Curtis - February 27, 2008 12:31 am
Deb
Good to hear from you we are halfway up the eastern edge of the UK - & benefit from a maritime climate - though it is cold!!
Interesting to read that you grow pole beans in pots - how does that work?
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg - February 27, 2008 7:11 am
Hi Curtis -
The pigments giving colour to vegetables contain anti-oxidants - so the colourful fruit & veg are really good for you!
Comment by TopVeg - February 27, 2008 7:17 am
Regarding the beans in pots, I just fill 12″ or 14″ sized pots with soil. I put 4-5 beans spaced evenly apart. Within a few days the sprouts will pop up and then you will be amazed how fast they grow. Once I see where they have sprouted, I add my stakes which are about 7 feet tall to the pot. The beans find their own way to the stakes, which is really cool. Up they climb, blossom and bean. I do feed them every 2 weeks. They are so fun to grow!
Comment by Deb - February 29, 2008 1:53 pm
Thanks Deb
That is interesting - fancy harvesting them now!
Comment by TopVeg - February 29, 2008 3:06 pm