Wow you just explained to me WHY my broccoli heads have been so small!!! I couldn't understand why twice in a row I was getting small single heads! First time I have seen you! Great job!
Wow! I have been failing in growing brassicas especially broccoli, brussel sprouts and cauliflower. This video is very helpful! I hope I will remember to fertilize. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! ❤️🙏
Your video is the first I've heard mention the choice of cultivar types so well. I also will use the watering & fertilizer tips. High marks for your composition & delivery.
I do the same because my garden is small and I love when a plant can provide many different types of crops. I love my greens luckily! I had a kohlrabi that never bulbed up but grew many side shoots with massive leaves (it was just too hot for it to bulb when I planted it) but I got to enjoy its leaves for nearly a year! It supplemented my collards perfectly towards my goal of growing enough greens for a year.😊
Thanks for the valuable info Jerra! Here's a tip to avoid that long crooked stem that brassicas get. So you fill your pot/cell with soil, take a pencil and make hole in the middle all the way near the bottom of the pot and plant your seed and as the seedling grows just fill in the hole you made and you'll end up with a straight seedling to put in the garden. I learned from another YT gardening channel and it works great on all brassicas.🌱
I buy that same compost here at Lowe’s in East Texas. I love it too and have grown lots of great plants in it over the last year. 👍🏻 I do add granular and liquid fertilizer too. I will remember to add blood meal now too! Great video! Thank you!
I just found your channel and subscribed. I’m blown away at your garden, it’s beautiful! I will have to go back and look at all your videos to find out how you prepare your garden. Is it all in the ground? Raised beds or both? It’s so healthy! Hope you didn’t get damage from Helene 🙏
Thanks for the great tips. Do you have companion plants next to your broccoli? Last year, I grew onions next to my broccoli, and I didn’t have any pest issues. I grew Sun King, and it grew fantastic in zone 11a SW Florida.
Best, most informative growing video I've ever seen! And pertinent, since I just sprouted some broccoli seeds a week ago. Thank you, Jerra, liked and subscribed!
Really well done video. You packed alot of information and really good tips in there. Like you I'm in the southeast and broccoli is one of my favorite veggies to grow. Plus is great to be able to plant and harvest it twice a year here because of the mild winters. Great job loved your video.
What can you cook with leaves? We have in Bulgaria a recepy with leaves of cabbage filled with rice and mincmeat and flavours baked in oven. I guess I can try to make the same with leaves from Broccoli? and If you suggest me some other recepy. Thank you.
Great video and terrific looking broccoli. I live in zone 8a and have tried several heading varieties but the "Sun King" has been my best variety thus far. Maybe you can give it a try sometime if you've never grown it before. Take care and thanks for sharing.
Where did you buy the seeds? 71 days is a short time to harvest. I also want to plant this plant in my garden .Thank you@@myretiredhobbiesgainesvill8140
Great video....glad I watched this now....I was about to plant seeds now (am in zone 10a). I'll wait till the fall. My local Home Depot least expensive bag of compost brand is EarthGro @ $2.57 a bag.
Thank you so much for this video. I tried broccoli in the fall, for the first time. It was unsuccessful. I did it all wrong. I am armed with knowledge now. I am in 7b/8a and i am starting now some. Hopefully i got the right kinds for my area. Thanks again. Is cauliflower, cabbage and Kohlrabi the same as broccoli?
Your welcome! They are all part of the brassicas family and are grown very similar, with a few minor differences. I have a kohlrabi and Napa cabbage grow guide on my channel. I'm currently working on one for cauliflower, so more to come.
Well shoot, I live just outside of Wilmington, N.C. and my Broccoli's just sprouted 2 weeks ago...and it was 81 degrees today!!! lol I'm doomed! Looks like I'll be sowing again this August! Thanks for the info Jerra!
I pinch the flowers and grow for the leaves only. I chop leaves into roughly 1"x1" pieces and freeze. They don't clump because the leaves are waxy. I have broccoli all winter long for soups, chillies, salads and smoothies. Leaves are far far more dense in nutrients than the flower heads.
Beautiful. My broccoli is only about 1.5 feet in diameter and it is just now starting to grow a head. How much growth do you think I should expect at this point? Is it worth letting it grow?
I am currently growing my next batch of shampoo ginger plants but they wont be ready for many weeks. Please add your email to my email group to receive a restock alert. They sell out VERY quickly. mailchi.mp/f696838283c9/untitled-page
Are those broccoli plants almost as tall as you are? I am growing two plants for the first time and don't know how tall they get. Also, one of the two are developing a head and the other isn't. Do you know what I can do to get this one to create a head.
Yes, broccoli plants get very big. They tend to start producing heads randomly and staggered. That is completely normal, just let them be. I prefer it that way because otherwise I would be stuck with a huge amount of broccoli at once.
I like the two knuckle recommendation to see if the plant needs water... thank you! The ants on my plants made me think of James Brown, I got ants in my pants (plants), and I need to dance! Great video! 👍
So if I want to transplant out to my garden October 1st, I indirect sow my seeds indoors Middle of July? Can somebody double check my math for me? haha
Love this. Lots of great information, clearly explained, without a lot of extraneous chit chat. Just what I was looking for!
Glad you liked it. I am a very "get to the point" person. LOL
This is the best video I have watched yet on broccoli 🥦.
Excellent presentation and great information. Keep your videos coming 😊
The effort and care put into growing broccoli really shows in the quality of the harvest. Farming at its finest!
My wife says she loves your straight-to-the-point, no nonsense, fact-filled videos!!! I concur!
Wow you just explained to me WHY my broccoli heads have been so small!!! I couldn't understand why twice in a row I was getting small single heads! First time I have seen you! Great job!
Happy to help!
Your insight is very useful and well said. Thank you. Subscribed and looking for more.
Love seeing the fruits of your labor! 🍇
Great video! I am determined to have successful broccoli this year
Great video
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I grew some for the first time last year. I did good. Glad to meet you love your videos
Found the soil in my area it was $1.98! Thank you for your loads of knowledge
Wow lucky I wish mine was priced that low
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! ❤❤
Wow! I have been failing in growing brassicas especially broccoli, brussel sprouts and cauliflower. This video is very helpful! I hope I will remember to fertilize. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! ❤️🙏
You are so welcome!
Your video is the first I've heard mention the choice of cultivar types so well. I also will use the watering & fertilizer tips. High marks for your composition & delivery.
I experiment a lot with different cultivars of everything so I like to guide people through it
Outstanding video with very useful information. I enjoy eating the leaves of the plant as well. Sautéed with onion and garlic, Yum
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
I do the same because my garden is small and I love when a plant can provide many different types of crops. I love my greens luckily! I had a kohlrabi that never bulbed up but grew many side shoots with massive leaves (it was just too hot for it to bulb when I planted it) but I got to enjoy its leaves for nearly a year! It supplemented my collards perfectly towards my goal of growing enough greens for a year.😊
Thanks for another way to enjoy kohlrabi.@@Happy2Run4Me
Such healthy broccolis! I see you have some butterfly pea flowers in the back.
Yes! I grow tons of Thai double blue butterfly pea plants. I am currently filming a guide all about them, so more to come.
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Awesome garden. Thanks for sharing your video with us. 👍
Thanks for the valuable info Jerra! Here's a tip to avoid that long crooked stem that brassicas get. So you fill your pot/cell with soil, take a pencil and make hole in the middle all the way near the bottom of the pot and plant your seed and as the seedling grows just fill in the hole you made and you'll end up with a straight seedling to put in the garden. I learned from another YT gardening channel and it works great on all brassicas.🌱
I buy that same compost here at Lowe’s in East Texas. I love it too and have grown lots of great plants in it over the last year. 👍🏻 I do add granular and liquid fertilizer too. I will remember to add blood meal now too! Great video! Thank you!
Your one of the lucky ones who can find it lol
I just found your channel and subscribed. I’m blown away at your garden, it’s beautiful! I will have to go back and look at all your videos to find out how you prepare your garden. Is it all in the ground? Raised beds or both? It’s so healthy! Hope you didn’t get damage from Helene 🙏
Outstanding tutorial..What’s the N-P-K you use during growth?
Thanks for the great tips. Do you have companion plants next to your broccoli? Last year, I grew onions next to my broccoli, and I didn’t have any pest issues. I grew Sun King, and it grew fantastic in zone 11a SW Florida.
Thanks for your video, is amazing ❤
Glad you liked it!
Thanks sir
Best, most informative growing video I've ever seen! And pertinent, since I just sprouted some broccoli seeds a week ago. Thank you, Jerra, liked and subscribed!
Awwww thank you! I try to cover everything I can possibly think of.
Really well done video. You packed alot of information and really good tips in there. Like you I'm in the southeast and broccoli is one of my favorite veggies to grow. Plus is great to be able to plant and harvest it twice a year here because of the mild winters. Great job loved your video.
1st time here. Great job on the video. Thank You. Broccoli totally rocks. i want a broccoli shirt.
Awesome! Thank you!
So informative. I really like your video. Thank you
This was super helpful! 🙂 Thank you so much!
Gotta follow Zone 9 and more I'm 9b
Thanks, very well explained. Feeling more comfortable now for my fall planting. Great video...
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Will try next season.
Great!
What can you cook with leaves? We have in Bulgaria a recepy with leaves of cabbage filled with rice and mincmeat and flavours baked in oven. I guess I can try to make the same with leaves from Broccoli? and If you suggest me some other recepy. Thank you.
💚💚💚I love broccoli. thanks for the video💚💚💚
You're so welcome 😄
Nice vid. Catapillars are a nightmare here. We get them by the thousands. Along with grass hoppers.
That’s a beautiful looking broccoli!! I’m in SW Florida.
Thanks!
Great video and terrific looking broccoli. I live in zone 8a and have tried several heading varieties but the "Sun King" has been my best variety thus far. Maybe you can give it a try sometime if you've never grown it before. Take care and thanks for sharing.
How long does it take to grow this vegetable? Do you have to fertilize or water it regularly?
@@AP_farm_agriculture 71 days to harvest and it needs water and fertilizer just like all the other varieties.
Where did you buy the seeds? 71 days is a short time to harvest. I also want to plant this plant in my garden .Thank you@@myretiredhobbiesgainesvill8140
Your recommendation has been noted so I try next season. Thanks!
Great video....glad I watched this now....I was about to plant seeds now (am in zone 10a). I'll wait till the fall. My local Home Depot least expensive bag of compost brand is EarthGro @ $2.57 a bag.
Yeaaaa don't plant brassicas now. I start sowing seeds indoors in August to transplant in October. I have never seen that brand locally.
Wow, look at the size of those leaves
I had a great harvest this year! Bigger plants = bigger harvest.
Coucou 👋🏻
Wow ils sont magnifiques bravo, je ne sais pas quoi dire d'autre à part que vous avez fait un travail remarquable 😊
A bientôt
Merci beaucoup
@@JerrasGarden de rien c'est avec plaisir 😊
Thank you so much for this video. I tried broccoli in the fall, for the first time. It was unsuccessful. I did it all wrong.
I am armed with knowledge now. I am in 7b/8a and i am starting now some. Hopefully i got the right kinds for my area. Thanks again.
Is cauliflower, cabbage and Kohlrabi the same as broccoli?
Your welcome! They are all part of the brassicas family and are grown very similar, with a few minor differences. I have a kohlrabi and Napa cabbage grow guide on my channel. I'm currently working on one for cauliflower, so more to come.
I dam nice I show people to grow as well cannabeard is good too
Well shoot, I live just outside of Wilmington, N.C. and my Broccoli's just sprouted 2 weeks ago...and it was 81 degrees today!!! lol I'm doomed! Looks like I'll be sowing again this August! Thanks for the info Jerra!
Try using a shade cloth it may help broccoli it temps are in high 70’s and low 80’s. Which is what I do in Florida.
Shade cloth is a great idea! Might help them make it through.
I pinch the flowers and grow for the leaves only. I chop leaves into roughly 1"x1" pieces and freeze. They don't clump because the leaves are waxy. I have broccoli all winter long for soups, chillies, salads and smoothies. Leaves are far far more dense in nutrients than the flower heads.
Also, what does Romanesco taste like? Is it more like broccoli or more like cauliflower?
It is kind of a blend of both. Broccoli but more mild.
Beautiful. My broccoli is only about 1.5 feet in diameter and it is just now starting to grow a head. How much growth do you think I should expect at this point? Is it worth letting it grow?
How many days have you been taking care of it?
I would let it grow. The head should be ready in no more than 2 weeks.
since November...
@@AP_farm_agriculture
Great...will continue to watch it. Thank you!@@JerrasGarden
Love your video I was looking at your website and I scream when I saw Shampoo Ginger Sprouted ! When do you think u will have that in stock ?
I am currently growing my next batch of shampoo ginger plants but they wont be ready for many weeks. Please add your email to my email group to receive a restock alert. They sell out VERY quickly. mailchi.mp/f696838283c9/untitled-page
Are those broccoli plants almost as tall as you are? I am growing two plants for the first time and don't know how tall they get. Also, one of the two are developing a head and the other isn't. Do you know what I can do to get this one to create a head.
Yes, broccoli plants get very big. They tend to start producing heads randomly and staggered. That is completely normal, just let them be. I prefer it that way because otherwise I would be stuck with a huge amount of broccoli at once.
I grow green magic in the tropics
I like how your outfits match the theme of the videos 😂
LOL wow I'm impressed you noticed. I put a lot of thought into these things.
@@JerrasGarden It shows! I don't see really any other gardeners on UA-cam do it. You should lean into it, I think it helps your channel stand out.
Are you growing other stuff in your grow bag where you planted on broccoli plant?
I initially direct sowed some lettuce, spinach, and radish but the broccoli plants grew so fast they shaded them out and they did not grow well.
I like the two knuckle recommendation to see if the plant needs water... thank you! The ants on my plants made me think of James Brown, I got ants in my pants (plants), and I need to dance! Great video! 👍
Glad you liked it!
I see ZERO bug damage on your foliage! How? Please share your secret. Thx
What types of broccoli did you harvest from in your video?
An heirloom called Di Cicco. And I know I totally pronounced it incorrectly LOL. I have seeds on my website.
Twelve weeks to grow from seed to plant thats a long time it only took me about 7 weeks
Thumbnail got me here. I don’t even like broccoli.
🦉❤️🛎️
So if I want to transplant out to my garden October 1st, I indirect sow my seeds indoors Middle of July? Can somebody double check my math for me? haha
How often do you water your watermelons 🍉 😂
You must be very confident waving your seedling around like that! Id bee more gentle as to not upset them :-)