First Pick
This morning I picked my first broccoli. One of the broccoli’s flowers had begun to open and I knew the others would be close behind so I cut the center stalk from most the plants. It would appear that someone(s) else thought the broccoli was ripe for picking too as there were score of small green worms working their way up the heads. I’m really hoping I picked them all off! I guess a little extra protein wouldn’t hurt and it beats pesticides. There was enough broccoli for maybe 2 meals, but barely that. I could have let some grow bigger, but the thought of these worms munching away while I was waiting wasn’t appetizing. It must take a lot of broccoli plants to get a decent harvest.
5 Comments
Mama Goose
Wow, it looks like real broccoli! Cool!
sha
impressive. wish we'd planted some since we eat broccoli at least a couple times a week.
will it grow more?
Paige Puckett
Yes, it is already growing secondary sprouts off main stem that will not be quite as big as the center ones.
Susan
The broccoli looks great! How plants did you plant or is this it for your efforts?
Paige Puckett
It looks like this was from 9 or 10 plants. I didn't pick from all my plants yet. I think I have about 16 or 18 total.