Park Seed Belstar Hybrid Organic Broccoli Seeds Disease Resistant Adaptable Broccoli Spring Crop, Pack of 30 Seeds

Price: $7.95
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Know Before You Grow: Broccoli and Cauliflower

If you want vegetables that are loaded with vitamins and nutrients as well as delicious flavors and beautiful, eye-catching colors, look no further than our numerous varieties of Broccoli and Cauliflower! These really are“super-veggies”, packing a healthy punch in every scrumptious bite, offering heavy yields so you’ll have plenty of fresh produce for every meal, and proving hardy and versatile enough to satisfy everyone! Beets, Onions, and Garlic are all good companions for your Broccoli and Cauliflower.

Choosing a Broccoli or Cauliflower Variety

All Broccoli and Cauliflower are packed with vitamins and nutrients, so when choosing what varieties to grow, you’ll base your decision mostly on size and color. There are several compact types that don’t require a lot of space, so they’re the best choice for a limited gardening area. Heat tolerance is also a factor, especially for those living in the south. And if you’re wanting to get your children to eat more healthy veggies, you might want to look at the more colorful, fun varieties!

When to Start Broccoli and Cauliflower

Broccoli seeds are best started indoors 7 to 9 weeks before the last frost, at a temperature of 70 to 75 degrees F. They can also be sown outdoors 2 weeks before the last frost. For a winter crop in zones 8 and warmer, sow in late summer. Expect germination in 10 to 14 days.

The same guidelines apply to Cauliflower, except when starting indoors, sow your seeds 5 to 7 weeks before the last frost. Expect germination in 8 to 10 days.

Since Cauliflower is more sensitive to cold than its cabbage-family relatives, you need to start it early enough that it has a chance to mature before the heat of the summer. Be careful, however, not to start it so early it gets damaged by the cold.

If your seedlings have been held too long or mistreated in some way before planting, they can create“buttons”, or small heads, that tend to flower prematurely.

Climatic elements such as extreme cold and drought can cause your plants to halt their full growth and form only “buttons”.

How to Start Broccoli and Cauliflower

Sow your Broccoli and Cauliflower seeds at a depth of 4 times the size of the seed, or ½ inch deep, and water thoroughly. Once the seeds have sprouted, be sure to keep the soil lightly moist.

Make sure the plants receive plenty of light — fluorescent light for around 14 to 16 hours a day is also ideal for the fastest growth. You will want to keep the seedlings just a few inches below the light so they don’t“stretch”and get“leggy”. If you don’t have fluorescent lighting, a south-facing window will do just fine.

Broccoli — 45 to 60 days from sowing to harvesting

Cauliflower — 30 to 80 days from sowing to harvesting

Don’t allow your transplants to get too mature before moving them to your garden. If you do, they may become stressed by transplant shock.

A starter fertilizer applied when you transplant your seedlings will get your Broccoli and Cauliflower off to a good start, but it will not compensate for all the possible problems just mentioned.

Growing Tips: Broccoli and Cauliflower

Broccoli — once the head is fully developed, but before the individual flowers start to open, cut the central head along with 5 or 6 inches of stem. Removing the central head will stimulate development of the side shoots, which will allow you to continue your harvest for several weeks.

Cauliflower — the heads (curds) develop quickly under proper conditions, typically growing to 6 to 8 inches within 7 to 12 days after branching begins. Harvest the mature heads (they should be compact and firm) by cutting the main stem. If the heads develop a coarse,“ricey”appearance, they have over-matured. Cauliflower does not typically have side shoots, so you can compost the plants after the heads have been harvested.

Store fresh, unwashed Broccoli in your refrigerator’s vegetable crisper for 3 to 5 days. Put it in a loose or perforated plastic bad, being sure not to store it if it’s wet — wet Broccoli will quickly become limp and can get moldy. Its best flavor and nutritional value will be maintained if storage is brief.

Uncooked Cauliflower can be stored in a paper or plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to a week. Place it stem side down to keep moisture from collecting in the florets.

Description
Candy is a revolutionary new type of onion. Neither a long-day (Northern) nor short-day (Southern) variety, Candy is a “mid-day” or day-neutral variety. This means that it can be grown just about anywhere from the far north to the deep south. One of the best golden beets for flavor and yields, an heirloom variety, Detroit Golden Beet, commonly called a beetroot, is grown as a root vegetable, producing gorgeous bright orange globes with golden flesh. Comparable to Butternut Supreme, Big Chief, a winter butternut squash, is grown as a fruit vegetable, producing large fruit, weighing 4 to 5 pounds, with golden orange flesh having a mild, sweet flavor. Chef’s Choice Yellow, the fourth addition to the Chef’s choice tomato series, produces luscious, rich yellow colored beefsteak type tomatoes. Everyone will enjoy Chef’s Choice Yellow sweet, citrus-like flavor. Pretty N Sweet is, as its name suggests, a sweet pepper, with plump little fruits about an inch to 1½ inches long and very thick-walled. Bio Dome is the most popular mini greenhouse system in America. It makes growing and transplanting young plants easy. Nothing compares for ease and successful germination.

Specialty
It’s earlier, larger, and more flavorful than its long- and short-day varieties. By combining the best of both in terms of flavor, holding ability, and earliness, Candy is unsurpassed for performance and taste! Milder and sweeter than red beets, the roots are very tender and are excellent for canning, pickling, roasting, and cooking. They do not bleed when cooked. This herbaceous annual is a member of the cucurbit (Cucurbitaceae) family. It grows vigorously as a creeping vine that trails along the ground or climbs by tendrils. Harvest the boat-shaped fruit when they reach a deep yellow color but are still slightly firm to the touch. Enjoy fresh or cooked in soups and sauces. Those walls are the secret to this pepper’s great flavor. They stand up to heat and humidity, keeping the juicy-sweet flesh of the pepper crisp and tasty. It produces bigger, healthier, better-rooted plants and guarantees great results for successive plantings season after season, year after year. It’s virtually seed-starting magic.

Size
200 seeds 200 seeds 20 seeds 30 seeds 20 seeds 60 cell

These domed heads reach 6 to 8 inches wide, with a blue-green cast and very tight beading to lock in that succulent flavor. The plant itself reaches 16 to 20 inches high and 16 inches wide.
If you’ve thought about growing organically, make Broccoli one of the first crops you choose. The florets are very difficult to get completely clean of sprays and other chemicals, so they’re best grown with only Certified Organic treatments. And when you start with Certified Organic seed such as Belstar, you know you’re growing the best!
For spring crops, start seeds indoors 5 to 7 weeks before last frost date, then set out when the soil is warm enough to work. For fall, sow 10 to 12 weeks before the first fall frost date. After the big central head is harvested, smaller side-shoots will form. Pkt is 30 seeds.