How to Grow Broccoli
Growing Broccoli = Easy
As it’s a member of the cabbage family, growing broccoli is pretty simple, but it prefers cooler temperature growing seasons. You can learn how to grow broccoli in nearly any climate though.
For Growing Broccoli:
- Well drained soil
- Plenty of sunshine
- Enrich the soil with compost, well rotted manure, or fertilizer. Broccoli likes a lot of nitrogen in the soil.
- Space the plants 2 feet apart to minimize plant diseases.
How to Grow Broccoli
- Test the soil. Your garden soil’s pH should be 6.0-7.5 for best results when growing broccoli. (Improve the soil, if necessary.)
- In spring, plant your broccoli seedlings (see how to start seedlings indoors) in the garden in rows that are 3 feet apart. Space the broccoli plants 2 feet apart. Water well.
Note: Mix in extra compost with the soil immediately around the seedlings when planting.
- If you’d like an extended harvest when growing broccoli, do additional plantings at one month intervals, as your season allows.
- Keep the soil moist.
- Add a dose of liquid fertilizer (compost tea, liquid kelp) weekly.
- Harvest broccoli before the heads produce flowers (yellow blooms), normally in about 3 months from planting. Cut the head from the stalk, but leave the branches attached to the plant. The broccoli will keep growing and produce much smaller but still edible side-stalks throughout the season (until winter arrives).