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purple sprouting broccoli - o.k. to eat leaves?

  • 26-06-2016 04:27PM
    #1
    Igotadose
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    Planted some purple sprouting broccoli for the first time this spring. Plants are doing really well, but I won't get florets till next year.

    The leaves are fairly large; will it be harmful to next year's florets to eat a few of the leaves this year? They're quite tasty, if you like that kind of thing (which we do.)

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Sgt Pepper 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,627 ✭✭✭Sgt Pepper 64


    Igotadose wrote: »
    Planted some purple sprouting broccoli for the first time this spring. Plants are doing really well, but I won't get florets till next year.

    The leaves are fairly large; will it be harmful to next year's florets to eat a few of the leaves this year? They're quite tasty, if you like that kind of thing (which we do.)

    Thanks!

    yes this is perfectly fine and are sweet and tasty as yo have discovered!
    Although its more normal to eat them AFTER the florets have been harvested!

    tip... pick the florets quickly as they soon bolt and go to seed.
    You get a bigger harvest with the purple ones but the whites are much sweeter, you dont generally see it in the shops as the plants are smaller, crop smaller and harvest is even shorter!


  • #3
    Hocus Focus
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    By all means eat the leaves, they contain much more nutrition than the flowers. This goes for cauliflowers too!


  • #4
    Igotadose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,536 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »
    yes this is perfectly fine and are sweet and tasty as yo have discovered!
    Although its more normal to eat them AFTER the florets have been harvested!

    tip... pick the florets quickly as they soon bolt and go to seed.
    You get a bigger harvest with the purple ones but the whites are much sweeter, you dont generally see it in the shops as the plants are smaller, crop smaller and harvest is even shorter!

    I am confused. I started with purchased seedlings this spring. I thought the florets don't show up till next year? Plants have been in for about 2 months, maybe 3. Quite vigorous but no signs of florets yet.


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