Broccoli 'Late Purple Sprouting'
- 300 Broccoli 'Late Purple Sprouting' Seeds
- £2.00
Broccoli 'Late Purple Sprouting' - Pack of 300 Seeds
Brassica oleracea var. italica
Sow: May to July
Harvest: April to July
Height: 1.2m+
Late cropping variety that crops over the “Hungry gap” in May. Ideal for replacing the space left by early cropping legumes.
Sowing instructions:
Start in Jiffy 7C pellets (available here) or seed trays, then pot on into 7cm pots, and again into 9cm before planting out in summer.
Seeds germinate in 7-14 days.
Growing instructions:
Purple sprouting broccoli is ideal for those without acres of space as the plants can be planted fairly close together - leave 30cm between plants.
Brassicas are hungry so add a good mulch of compost or manure when planting out and then feed regularly during the growing season.
Protect the plants with netting to deter butterflies from laying eggs on the underside of the leaves.
