The most important broccoli varieties at a glance
Depending on how and when you want to cut and harvest your broccoli, decide between annual or perennial, early or late varieties. When it comes to color, you can also choose between classic green, purple or yellow broccoli. A selection of the most important broccoli varieties:
- Atlantic
- Corvet
- Green sprouting
- Purple Sprouting
- Primo
- Sparco
- Southern Comet
- Legacy
- corona
- samurai
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Cut broccoli correctly and harvest in good time
Unlike cauliflower, broccoli can be grown during a garden year reap several times. To do this, cut off large, ripe florets just below the roots. From the leaf axils below along the thick stalks, new, smaller florets will grow back in 3 to 4 weeks. The broccoli flower buds must not open, otherwise they are inedible. Cut the thick inflorescence out of the middle, then you can get a second harvest from the side shoots. Broccoli takes 2 to 3 months to mature, depending on the variety. A few minus degrees for the autumn harvest do not bother him. Then cover it with fleece in good time.
The ideal time of day to cut broccoli is early in the morning, when it is still damp from the dew. Then it has the best aroma and lasts longer. The thick stems taste peeled like asparagus. Hence the name asparagus cabbage. If you work as a hobby gardener with the lunar calendar, broccoli is a flowering plant and you should therefore use it on flowering days plant, care, cut and harvest.
Broccoli harvested and then what?
Broccoli can be eaten raw or cooked with the stems and leaves. Freshly harvested, you can store it in the refrigerator for 3 days. Do you want to store your broccoli longer? Pull the whole plant out of the ground and place it upside down in a cool place. This way you can preserve the broccoli for 3 to 4 weeks. Broccoli is also easy to freeze. Simply blanch for three minutes. Packed in a freezer bag, it will last up to nine months.
Tips & Tricks
Avoid storing broccoli together with ethylene-producing apples, bananas or tomatoes. As a result, it spoils faster.
