staggering PSB

[greenishfing]

I love PSB!

Last year I bought 3 packs of seeds.: Summer PSB. Early PSB and Late PSB and I also staggered the planting of it, planting a few of each at 3 different times based on the earliest and latest planting times for each variety (and one in the middle)

Amazingly I have now had a pretty constant supply ever since September with hopefully lots more to come. Due to lack of labels!!! I don't know which varieties are producing at the moment (think it might be last of Summer and first of early) but to be honest I don't care, just happy to have so much I can give it away to relatives as well as eat as much as I want. Every time I go to the supermarket Ii grimace at the price they are charging and feel decidedly smug!!

This year I plan to try and do the same, still plenty seeds in the packets!
Just thought I'd recommend staggering the plantings to anyone who hasn't tried it. It really works and they don't seem to catch up with each other (unlike cauliflowers)

[bikermike]

I bought a pack of packs of seeds to give me rolling PSB. But as my brassica net got hopelessly tangled, and then had to be opened up to let the sow off, I'm not sure what I've got. I'm going to get some, but I don't know if I'll get the order. Glad to know it's worked somewhere though.
What varieties did you sew?
(I'll make a note of mine if I can)

[Florence Fennel]

I needed some inspiration so thank you for this

[Penellype]

I prefer the calabrese to the PSB, although I do grow some early purple. I find the calabrese is surviving the cold and still producing shoots, although they are very small and growing very slowly. More calabrese is something I am definitely going to grow in my allotment tunnel, and I found staggering the sowing of this worked well this summer - sowing the same variety about a month apart in April and May resulted in heads ready in late July and mid August.