Great video. Instead of only growing one variety I urge people to try several varieties at the same time. Heat tolerant varieties also. Broccoli and cauliflower can be tricky in warm climates.
Stems, don't forget the stems. I strip the bark and slice/chop/cut in slivers and blanch & freeze. Great for soups/side dish/ stir fry ... Chickens go nuts over the chopped broccoli bark.
@@redstone1999 ohhhh yes I do love the inside of the broccoli stalks too! They are great roasted! That’s good to know about the chickens loving the bark part we just got some this summer!
Hello from Jersey! Great tips/vid-thank you. I hope this will help my broccoli growing game 2024! May I just say that I love the fact that you say you planted broc for fall in the late afternoon in high heat and got bad results. THAT is so key-for me anyway: when a RUclips gardener tells us the mistake they made, what that resulted in and how they fixed them. Not everyone does this so I am quite appreciative of your openness on this.
I'm in zone 7b. I found that if I transplant seedlings out into my beds in mid to late march and cover with row covers laying right on top, they do great. I started more seeds a few weeks ago and these will go into the garden in the next week or so. This way I get 2 harvests.
Here in 8b Georgia I plant seeds in mid September and leave them outdoors and in 3 to 3 1/2 weeks they are ready to go in the ground in October. We still have a lot of mid to upper 80s especially the first half of the month. Green magic goes all winter with small heads after the main head . This year I’m also trying Waltham 29 .
I'm in GA also and am going to try it. I put some seeds into an unused area of my summer garden a couple weeks ago, but we're about to get high 90 degree weather (It's currently 8/19) and that's concerning. But good to know I still have plenty of time!
@@Amanda-cn3pk Super Rainbow 10-10-10 with micronutrients but any 10-10-10 with micro nutrients will work . A little bit of 21-0-0 once or twice during the season helps as well .
I Tbsp Neem oil, 1 1/2 Tbsp Castile soap per gallon of water saved my brassicas. The minute you see white flies spray, especially the underside of the leaves. I had to spray several days in a row until I stopped seeing white flies.
Thank you for all your tips! I grew broccoli for the first time last Fall. I learned "some" things. Growing broccoli again this Fall. They are still little seedlings, but I want to do it better this time. I'm in Texas zone 8B. I will definitely apply all your tips!
Yay for me finding you!! That was a fantastic video that I needed!! I’ve been gardening on and off since I was 8!! And I’ll be turning 53 this year. We live near Pinehurst NC, zone 8a and I’m growing broccoli for the first time. Wish me luck!
So helpful. Planted my first garden in Portland, Oregon in may. Directly sowed cabbage and broccoli which came up and flowered and got eaten by white moths. Love your videos.
Thinking they were not viable, I once tossed out old seeds of broccoli directly into the yard of grass . . . and they sprouted and grew! One never knows!
Ha, it always grows great when you're not even trying! I've currently got a massively productive tomato plant growing up through my rock wall, no idea how seed got into it there!
Leaves are great for soup. Roughly cut brocc leaf, bacon, onion, large potato, garlic, salt, pepper, 1 or 2 chicken cubes. Cook for half an hour and blits with barmix, into a smooth thick soup. Add a dollop of cream when serving. Amazing with toast or fresh bread.. parma cheese optional.. You got some good hints there! Best of luck to all of you broccoli growers out there!😊
Sitting here in zone 6b with big leafy broccoli plants with no heads at all. I am still hopeful but it is late and probably time to call this a failure. Started them from seed in late August. The weather has cooled down here a lot, but it has probably been too hot in the daytime overall. It is so hard to peg this crop.
Thank you so much for this very helpful video. I was wondering my seed company directed for the seedlings to be at 60 degrees after they have sprouted. How long do I keep it to this degree as I too am in zone 7b. And when in the late summer do you transplant? I would so appreciate your response:)
I am hoping I did okay... I put in a bed 2' x 4' x 2-3" deep... lots of radish, & some Brockley. Radish is coming up in like crazy, Brockley, not yet... :-)
I started using masonry forms from Home Depot, which are super long and make great hoops. Also NOT expensive. They're near the cement and look like skinny ladders. You can wire them together to form super large arches also (I've used them atop my gate for a gorgeous climbing rose I have there. It's sturdy and covered in roses!
A found a way that works for me dealing with animals eating the fruits of our labor. I feed them. i have a juicer and put cucumber, carrot and green apple peels out for them after I cut them up a bit. They are scraps that i either put in compost or throw down the disposal. The pulp i put in compost anyway so the peels can go to feed the animals. Then they are full from the scraps and have no need to go in my garden to pick away or ruin a tomato with one bite. I discovered indeed you do catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. Some would argue that it will attract more animals. This is not true. You see, animals are territorial and therefore, only certain numbers of a certain species make residence in backyards until they lose a battle with another, like lions in a pride. The birds, rabbits, squirrels, crows all know who I am because they are safe in my backyard. The birds sing when i come out and poke around in the garden then dive in when I walk away looking for worms or little bits of fruit i drop. The rabbits come and sit under my chair and gather around me when i am sitting out enjoying a nice summer evening. I found that in giving back to nature, with more than just tossing food out randomly with no love and wisdom pervading it, that each time i go out and offer them veggie peels with a feeling of gratitude for their existence that a coexistence can truly exist on a whole other level that we have yet to realize and discover.
Learn the relationship between the planetary bodies and our organs and their relationship with minerals. Each organ is the manifestation of a planetary body and has a relationship with a particular mineral. And when a planet is close to earth the mineral in question has a certain impulse which takes place inwardly with a like organ. As above, so below. What happens in the macrocosm, happens on microcosm.
I also don't use any pesticides ever, it seems that ladybugs eat worms and are being used in biological agriculture to fight plagues, i rarely see one ladybug though, but i think there must be some ladybug breeder or catcher somewhere doing some business. Maybe you should try?
I have found that the more I plant flowering crops and cover crops -- basically, diversify what I'm planting in my garden -- more ladybugs show up. They aren't the only beneficial insect that eats pest insects and others will come, too, with a more diversified landscape coupled with not using pesticides. Jessica Walliser talks about this more on my podcast here: journeywithjill.libsyn.com/235-attracting-beneficial-bugs-to-your-garden-with-jessica-walliser
I have given up on spring planting of coles. We go from late winter to mid summer heat in a matter of days. I noticed that I have a huge ladybug population by late summer and better weather for growing of coles in fall.
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Great video. Instead of only growing one variety I urge people to try several varieties at the same time. Heat tolerant varieties also. Broccoli and cauliflower can be tricky in warm climates.
Even if you don’t get heads I learned I love the broccoli leaves! They are super good!
Stems, don't forget the stems. I strip the bark and slice/chop/cut in slivers and blanch & freeze. Great for soups/side dish/ stir fry ... Chickens go nuts over the chopped broccoli bark.
@@redstone1999 ohhhh yes I do love the inside of the broccoli stalks too! They are great roasted! That’s good to know about the chickens loving the bark part we just got some this summer!
What do you do with the leaves in order to eat them?
@@EMS620 I dehydrate them and then powder them. I use in soups, sauces, seasoning mix mostly. Steamed or sauteed chopped fresh is good also.
Hello from Jersey! Great tips/vid-thank you. I hope this will help my broccoli growing game 2024! May I just say that I love the fact that you say you planted broc for fall in the late afternoon in high heat and got bad results. THAT is so key-for me anyway: when a RUclips gardener tells us the mistake they made, what that resulted in and how they fixed them. Not everyone does this so I am quite appreciative of your openness on this.
I'm in zone 7b. I found that if I transplant seedlings out into my beds in mid to late march and cover with row covers laying right on top, they do great. I started more seeds a few weeks ago and these will go into the garden in the next week or so. This way I get 2 harvests.
Here in 8b Georgia I plant seeds in mid September and leave them outdoors and in 3 to 3 1/2 weeks they are ready to go in the ground in October. We still have a lot of mid to upper 80s especially the first half of the month. Green magic goes all winter with small heads after the main head . This year I’m also trying Waltham 29 .
I'm in GA also and am going to try it. I put some seeds into an unused area of my summer garden a couple weeks ago, but we're about to get high 90 degree weather (It's currently 8/19) and that's concerning. But good to know I still have plenty of time!
What do you use as a fertilizer for broccoli and cabbage?
@@Amanda-cn3pk Super Rainbow 10-10-10 with micronutrients but any 10-10-10 with micro nutrients will work . A little bit of 21-0-0 once or twice during the season helps as well .
@@gregleach5833 thank you so much!!
I Tbsp Neem oil, 1 1/2 Tbsp Castile soap per gallon of water saved my brassicas. The minute you see white flies spray, especially the underside of the leaves. I had to spray several days in a row until I stopped seeing white flies.
Great information Jill. I have not tried to grow broccoli yet and this really helps.
Thank you for your gardening tips Jill. I will give planting broccoli ago in the autumn. Great video.
John, in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Thank you for all your tips! I grew broccoli for the first time last Fall. I learned "some" things. Growing broccoli again this Fall. They are still little seedlings, but I want to do it better this time. I'm in Texas zone 8B. I will definitely apply all your tips!
Thanks Jill for this information. I feel empowered to plant a fall brocolli crop now!! My spring efforts yielded mixed results..
Yay for me finding you!! That was a fantastic video that I needed!! I’ve been gardening on and off since I was 8!! And I’ll be turning 53 this year. We live near Pinehurst NC, zone 8a and I’m growing broccoli for the first time. Wish me luck!
So helpful. Planted my first garden in Portland, Oregon in may. Directly sowed cabbage and broccoli which came up and flowered and got eaten by white moths. Love your videos.
Great tips! Yes, rabbits & groundhogs love broccoli and my sweet potatoe leaves!
Thank you ! Very helpful.I have always struggled with mine.Now i know why.
Thank you very much for this informative video 🎉 Happy Planting 🙏
Totally agree and figured out the same thing!!!
This was the info I needed. I’m also in 7b northwest Arkansas. What month do you plant? What should I do with the plants when there done?
First time broccoli grower here!! We are in zone 8a NC so fingers crossed!!
Just bought some starts today. Ty for good info. And pleasant face is always nice 😊 now i go plant.
Thx for your experiences!
Thoughtful and very useful information. Thanks
Could you tell me where you purchased the long wire HOOPS (which the row covers go over) I see in your raised bed?
Came here to ask the same thing!
What are you using to hold up the shade cloth?
Very informative video!!!
Question, in zone 7b, when do you generally start broccoli, and when do you transplant?
I started seeds indoors mid-July and transplanted late August. I potted up the seedlings once before transplant.
Thinking they were not viable, I once tossed out old seeds of broccoli directly into the yard of grass . . . and they sprouted and grew! One never knows!
Ha, it always grows great when you're not even trying! I've currently got a massively productive tomato plant growing up through my rock wall, no idea how seed got into it there!
I’m in zone 9b. I’m going to give up on broccoli that’s not found at the store.
Thanks so much, this was really helpful. I just ordered some netting!
When did you start your seed in the summer and then what month did you transplant ?
Leaves are great for soup. Roughly cut brocc leaf, bacon, onion, large potato, garlic, salt, pepper, 1 or 2 chicken cubes. Cook for half an hour and blits with barmix, into a smooth thick soup. Add a dollop of cream when serving. Amazing with toast or fresh bread.. parma cheese optional..
You got some good hints there! Best of luck to all of you broccoli growers out there!😊
I’m having issues with my broccoli leaves wilting. Any idea what could be causing that?
Sitting here in zone 6b with big leafy broccoli plants with no heads at all. I am still hopeful but it is late and probably time to call this a failure. Started them from seed in late August. The weather has cooled down here a lot, but it has probably been too hot in the daytime overall. It is so hard to peg this crop.
I wonder if surround kaolin clay could help with the heat.
Do you keep the seedlings under lights inside? I started seeds and they are already leggy. Apparently they don’t have enough light?
Hello Jill. What’s the best soil mix for crops like broccoli and cabbage in a raised bed?
Great tips, will use these😢 fo my next crops
Great advice.
Helpful video. What are those flexible metal things called you are using for hoops? I would really like to try them.
Came here to ask the same thing!
I saw another broccoli video where the guy said he ate the leaves also. They do look like collard leaves. Ever tried them?
Can you share what you use to cover your plants with shade cloth and insect netting (links to order would be great)?
Yes, what I use is on my Amazon favorites list here: www.amazon.com/shop/thebeginnersgarden
Where do you source your seeds?
Your a baddie in the garden game forsure
Thank you for your expertise!
Good info here ☺
A very good vid. excellent information
Thank you for this very informative video.
Thank you so much for this very helpful video.
I was wondering my seed company directed for the seedlings to be at 60 degrees after they have sprouted. How long do I keep it to this degree as I too am in zone 7b.
And when in the late summer do you transplant?
I would so appreciate your response:)
I have never heard that and it’s nowhere near 60 in my house ever, haha! I transplant the 3rd or 4th week of august.
I am hoping I did okay... I put in a bed 2' x 4' x 2-3" deep... lots of radish, & some Brockley. Radish is coming up in like crazy, Brockley, not yet... :-)
Great information
I have to plant broccoli for a school project, my broccoli stem and leaf keep Falling down is there a way to prevent this?
When that has happened to me with a 6” plant, I was overwatering. If it’s a small seedling, it could be damping off.
Hey! I'm also in 7b! So, it's still in the 80s as you know. Should I start the seeds indoors now, or is it too late to start from seed?
Most likely too late. Best to buy transplants at the garden center this year.
@@thebeginnersgarden Thanks, I will
THANK YOU!!
What hoops do you like to use? I am purchasing the netting you have linked in your Amazon store.
I started using masonry forms from Home Depot, which are super long and make great hoops. Also NOT expensive. They're near the cement and look like skinny ladders. You can wire them together to form super large arches also (I've used them atop my gate for a gorgeous climbing rose I have there. It's sturdy and covered in roses!
Great video!!! Thank you!!
Nice information
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One tip you just threw in there without mention at the very end: water inside the hole, not on top of the plant after transplating.
My broccoli is being ravished by worms. Ugh
Very frustrating, I know.
You can sprinkle some cayenne pepper on the leaves and it will deter most of the worms.
My indoor Broccoli and Cauliflower are having issues with Spider Mites. 😕
A found a way that works for me dealing with animals eating the fruits of our labor.
I feed them.
i have a juicer and put cucumber, carrot and green apple peels out for them after I cut them up a bit. They are scraps that i either put in compost or throw down the disposal. The pulp i put in compost anyway so the peels can go to feed the animals.
Then they are full from the scraps and have no need to go in my garden to pick away or ruin a tomato with one bite.
I discovered indeed you do catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.
Some would argue that it will attract more animals. This is not true. You see, animals are territorial and therefore, only certain numbers of a certain species make residence in backyards until they lose a battle with another, like lions in a pride.
The birds, rabbits, squirrels, crows all know who I am because they are safe in my backyard. The birds sing when i come out and poke around in the garden then dive in when I walk away looking for worms or little bits of fruit i drop.
The rabbits come and sit under my chair and gather around me when i am sitting out enjoying a nice summer evening.
I found that in giving back to nature, with more than just tossing food out randomly with no love and wisdom pervading it, that each time i go out and offer them veggie peels with a feeling of gratitude for their existence that a coexistence can truly exist on a whole other level that we have yet to realize and discover.
Learn the relationship between the planetary bodies and our organs and their relationship with minerals. Each organ is the manifestation of a planetary body and has a relationship with a particular mineral. And when a planet is close to earth the mineral in question has a certain impulse which takes place inwardly with a like organ.
As above, so below.
What happens in the macrocosm, happens on microcosm.
There are great heat tolerate broccoli varieties! Flash, Green Magic and others! Variety dictates everything.
I also don't use any pesticides ever, it seems that ladybugs eat worms and are being used in biological agriculture to fight plagues, i rarely see one ladybug though, but i think there must be some ladybug breeder or catcher somewhere doing some business. Maybe you should try?
I have found that the more I plant flowering crops and cover crops -- basically, diversify what I'm planting in my garden -- more ladybugs show up. They aren't the only beneficial insect that eats pest insects and others will come, too, with a more diversified landscape coupled with not using pesticides. Jessica Walliser talks about this more on my podcast here: journeywithjill.libsyn.com/235-attracting-beneficial-bugs-to-your-garden-with-jessica-walliser
@@thebeginnersgarden Thank you for the tip!
I have given up on spring planting of coles. We go from late winter to mid summer heat in a matter of days. I noticed that I have a huge ladybug population by late summer and better weather for growing of coles in fall.
Start indoors
I hated the crashes of sound between the different topics. They blew out my ears because I often use headphones. Sound not needed.