Now is the perfect time to sow broccoli seeds and create your own purple patch

This year’s purple sprouting broccoli season is over, but if you sow seeds now you will have a new crop next springAlthough the purple sprouting broccoli (PSB) season has come to an end, now is not the time to stop thinking about this vibrant spring crop. If you have the room to grow it, purple sprouting broccoli started from seed now will grow through the summer, stand in the ground overwinter and be poised for picking by early next spring.It’s a busy time in the veg patch, but it’s well worth finding an hour or so between all the planting and weeding to sow some purple sprouting broccoli seeds so that you’ve got crops to harvest in the leaner months. Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - 11:37
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Now is the perfect time to sow broccoli seeds and create your own purple patch

This year’s purple sprouting broccoli season is over, but if you sow seeds now you will have a new crop next spring

Although the purple sprouting broccoli (PSB) season has come to an end, now is not the time to stop thinking about this vibrant spring crop. If you have the room to grow it, purple sprouting broccoli started from seed now will grow through the summer, stand in the ground overwinter and be poised for picking by early next spring.

It’s a busy time in the veg patch, but it’s well worth finding an hour or so between all the planting and weeding to sow some purple sprouting broccoli seeds so that you’ve got crops to harvest in the leaner months. Continue reading...