Psb

[Philip Scrivener]

My purple sprouting broccoli planted last Octber for Christmas is neither sprouting nor purple. The crop is strong and leaves are healthy, but there are no signs of broccoli heads. Is there anything I can do? Or do I just have to be patient?

[rustylady]

PSB doesn't usually produce sprouts in time for Christmas. It is usually planted out late summer and harvested the following spring. You need to be patient.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Phil if you want PSB for Christmas may I suggest a late planting of Summer Purple or a standard planting of Extra Early Rudolph. Both of which would give you a Christmas harvest.

Colin

[Two_Sheds]

Yep, it's still early for PSB ~ we've not even had a winter here yet

[binley100]

my psb has just started sprouting which is weeks earlier than last year.........

[Scarlet]

Phil if you want PSB for Christmas may I suggest a late planting of Summer Purple or a standard planting of Extra Early Rudolph. Both of which would give you a Christmas harvest.

Colin

Yep thats spot on. I tried Extra early Rudolph this year for the first time and I started harvesting a week before Christmas

[WendyC]

My brocolli has grown so tall now I may need to get steps to pick it. Don't thin kit's sprouting but I can't see easily.

[Shadylane]

PSB doesn't usually produce sprouts in time for Christmas.

Mine usually does. Last couple of years it's started sprouting in the autumn Not this year though but our neighbours started sprouting last month I think.

[Potstubsdustbins]

PSB now has many different vareities Summer Purple usually will crop from late June into Oct. Extra Early Rudolph will crop from Sept into Feb. Whilst Early Purple will crop from Jan into April.

Just think 10 months of PSB.

Colin

[Alison]

As said above there are many different types of PSB about these days but the original old fashioned version is the one I grow. Round here I sow it in pots in early May, pot on before planting out in late July on the plot. They've been growing on happily ever since and should start to sprout in about April so they do take a long while but are very easy to manage so long as you net in the butterfly season.

[Paulieb]

First time growing PSB last year and I sowed direct in March (Early Purple sprouting). I ended up with 6 plants and all are pretty much done except for one, which is going strong.

I think they struggled with the dry summer but I've been having purple sprouting since beginning of Dec.

Don't think it was supposed to be like that though - according to the packet!!

[Tripmeup]

I planted six plants and one of them is sprouting away since early December but the other 5 are still no shows as yet...