Which Brassica is it ??

[johninblackpool]

Hi Grapes
As i have mentioned over the last few months this is my first season at GYO and i am learning rapidly, the first thing i learned was to label my Veggies properly.
I realised this when i sowed 6 Cabbage, 6 Caulies and 6 Broccoli and only 1 of the 18 grew, and because i didn't label it i am still wondering what it is.
As there is still no heart in it for a caulie or cabbage i suspect it is the broccoli but there are still no flower heads that look like broccoli only leaf and it now stands 2'8" tall ???
any ideas would be great

[Graham S]

given its height it's probably broccoli. Can you remember which variety it is you planted?

[pdblake]

Looks like broccoli to me. When it flowers depends on the variety.

[DaveInBraknell]

It's broccolli.

Recognise that leave style/height anywhere

Dave

[bluemoon]

Yes, definitely broccoli, the leaves on cabbages and caulis would look.... well more cabbagey. And it looks identical to the PSB I grow.

[johninblackpool]

It says on the packet Purple Sprouting Broccoli (Early)
But it doesn't seem very early to me
When can i expect it to start to show the signs of Broccoli

[Graham S]

As in early next year!!! - Feb/March time depending on weather.

[johninblackpool]

Thanks Grapes
I planted it as a seed in march and didn't realise it took 12 months
Well i will know for next time

[Graham S]

It's well worth the wait though!!!

[SarzWix]

I think, from the size of that plant, that you might be eating it this side of Christmas. But yes, it does have a long growing season It will crop for quite a while once it starts though, so it's worth it.

[bluemoon]

If it's the variety 'Rudolf' then they are ready for Christmas and keep going until the end of Feb. They are, in my opinion, the best flavoured too. For some reason seed companies quite often label PSB as 'early' or 'late' without stating a particular variety.

[gojiberry]

Sowing as early as March I think you PSB will be producing before the onset of winter. I sowed to early last year and had a very poor harvest before winter and that was it.

Ian

[johninblackpool]

It was from a multipack of Onions, Caulies, Cabbage, Carrots, Beetroot,and Broccoli
They don't give much info only Spacings for each veriety nothing about when to sow or anything like sow to harvest times
But then againg you soon start with a steep learning curve

[Snadger]

Erm..........I just finished eating my Rudolph PSB about two weeks ago and I'm cropping another variety now! Both were sown about this time last year (my recently sown stuff is 2 inches high!)

For some reason my Rudolph didn't 'head up' until June!