Broccoli seeds
The packet
- Variety
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not specified
- Batch number
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not specified
- Quantity
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120 seeds
- When to sow
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not specified
- How to sow
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not specified
- Germination
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unknown days
- Days until maturity
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70–95 days
- Row spacing
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not specified cm
- Plant before
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2017
- Heirloom or hybrid
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Heirloom
- Organic
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Certified organic
- GMO
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Non-certified GMO-free
- Year saved
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Unknown
- Will trade
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nowhere (from Perth, Western Australia)
Notes
Broccoli, Calibrese (Brassica oleracea var. italica) Dark green 10cm heads. Used by Romans and called "cabbage flower" and in England as "Italian Asparagus" from early 1700's. High vitamin C and protein. Likes soil rich and well watered. Sow anytime to ensure harvest during cooler months, doesn't do best in hot weather. Frost hardy
Plants grown from these seeds
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Crop
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea
a variety of Brassica Oleracea
- 87 plantings
- 33 harvests
- An annual, living about 122 days
- First harvest about 113 days after planting
- Last harvest about 133 days after planting
- Usually grown in sun
Nutritional data
A summary of nutritional data per 100g for Broccoli, fresh, raw.
| Energy | 131.0 kJ |
|---|---|
| Protein | 4.7 g |
| Fat, total | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.4 g |
| - Sugars | 0.4 g |
| Fibre | 3.7 g |
| Sodium | 22.0 mg |
