Purple flower stems and buds.
A Chinese specialty also known as Kailaan. The young plants soon branch and produce quantities of long, pencil-thin, red-purple, budded flower stems. Pleasing, mild mustard taste for use raw in salads or lightly cooked in stir-fries or soups. For multiple harvesting of tender stems and leaves. Can be spring sown, but yields best when sown June through October for harvest from midsummer through winter (in mild areas). Hand harvest 8-10" long shoots by snapping them. Shoots that do not easily snap are overmature. Avg. 10,900 seeds/oz. Packet: 250 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 37
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Disease Resistance:
No disease information found.
Growing Information:
Mini Broccoli
CULTURE: DIRECT SEEDING: Tolerates light frost. From early spring to late summer, sow 10-12 seeds/ft., 1/4- 1/2" deep, rows 18-24" apart.
TRANSPLANTING: Can also be transplanted. See "Cabbage".
HARVEST: Clip and bunch entire plants when buds appear, or pick just buds for extended yield.
INSECT PESTS: Use fabric row covers (see Index) on the day of planting to exclude maggot flies and flea beetles.
DISEASE: We only stock seed lots that have been tested free of black rot in a sample of 30,000 seeds.
DAYS TO MATURITY: From direct seeding; subtract 10-15 days if using transplants.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 1,000'/oz., 1 M/166', 5M/830', 175M/acre @ 6 seeds/ft. rows 18" apart.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ.: 10,000-16,500 (avg. 13,000).
PACKET: 250 seeds (unless otherwise noted) sows 20'.
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Salad Mix Component A mixture of lettuce and greens with different colors, flavors and textures, harvested at a tender, baby, bite-size stage. For fresh salads. |