Broccolini
By: Meriel Bradley
Broccolini is a great addition to your vegetable garden. It will produce a small main head which when harvested early pushes the plant into producing side shoots which you can harvest on a regular basis over several weeks.
I like the Artwork variety which matures early in the season and is super easy to grow. I plant the seed in mid-April as soon as the ground is workable and then plant another crop in late summer for a fall harvest.
I do add a protective mesh pop-up to protect it from the cabbage white butterflies but will have a couple of plants in the garden for the butterflies that I don’t harvest.
Zone
annual
Height:
2 – 4 feet
Light:
sun
Quick Facts
Direct sow in mid-April or when the ground is workable
Matures in about 8 weeks
Likes full sun
Use a protective mesh to prevent cabbage worms and cabbage loopers (green worms)
Good companion plants for broccoli are lettuce, chamomile, dill, rosemary
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