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Broccolini in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Brassica oleracea (Italica Group x Alboglabra Group)

 

Broccolini

Cabbage is a leafy green (or red, or white) vegetable often with a dense-leaved head. It can be cooked, or eaten raw. 'Broccolini' is similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and longer, thin stalks. It is a hybrid of broccoli and gai lan

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plant Features
  • Broccolini likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Broccolini likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Broccolini is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Broccolini likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Broccolini

Latin name

Brassica oleracea (Italica Group x Alboglabra Group)

type

Annual

family

Brassicaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Broccolini likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Broccolini is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Broccolini likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Broccolini likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Broccolini is 0.40meters x 0.40meters 0.40 M 0.40 M

Brassica oleracea (Italica Group x Alboglabra Group)

Cabbage is a leafy green (or red, or white) vegetable often with a dense-leaved head. It can be cooked, or eaten raw. 'Broccolini' is similar to broccoli but with smaller florets and longer, thin stalks. It is a hybrid of broccoli and gai lan


Propagating by seed

From Late Winter TO Late Spring

Sow seeds in trays in the greenhouse in late Winter. Sow the seeds about 1" apart, and thin out the weaker plants as they grow. Or, for a later crop, sow direct in the soil in mid Spring.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Seedlings started off in the greenhouse should be hardened off gradually before being planted outside. Plant 12" - 24" apart (depending on the size of the variety being grown) and allow at least 1' between rows. Firm the plants in well, and give them a really good puddle of water. Seedlings that were sown direct in the soil should be thinned out to 12" apart (or replanted)

 
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