Providing Herbs, Fine Seeds and Goods for the Gardener Cook since 1950
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Providing Herbs, Fine Seeds and Goods for the Gardener Cook since 1950
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Spring Raab Broccoli

Spring Raab Broccoli

$2.95 $0.00
    Open pollinated. Heirloom.
    • 45 days. 
    • Spring Raab Broccoli forms a good sized cluster. Harvest the shoots and leaves together, saute', combine with pasta, use in soups.
    • Easy to handle, easy to grow, loaded with folic acid and vitamins.
    • Plant from earliest spring to midsummer.
    • Raab is closely related to turnips. Spring raab is faster growing, larger and less hardy than our Fall raab.
    Planting Directions:  Sow seed indoors in spring 4 to 6 weeks before last frost with a minimum soil temperature  of 50° -86° - 77°,optimum.Sow seeds ¼” deep with 3-4 per unit/inch thinning to one seedling. When seeds germinate move to a cooler, well lit area to produce sturdy transplants. Harden off seedlings 7 days prior to transplanting outdoors.  Plant outdoors in  well prepared soil, enriched with  a complete garden fertilizer or rich compost, broccoli is considered a heavy feeder. Transplant outdoors when soil temperature is 60°-65°. Water moderately and regularly. For fall crops  plant seeds 1/4” deep and 2”- 4” apart outdoors in late summer.  Thin seedlings to 8-10” apart when 6” tall.