Brassica oleracea var. italica
broccoli
Common names: asparagus cabbage, broccoli cabbage
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Description
With broccoli you harvest the still closed, green flower buds together with the tender stalk. After cutting the main head, the plant vigorously produces smaller side rosettes, allowing you to harvest over many weeks, making it a particularly productive cabbage.
Care instructions
Plant pre‑grown seedlings from April with about an arm's length spacing into a nutrient‑rich, moist bed and keep the soil evenly moist. Harvest the main head while the buds are firmly closed and dark green; when yellow flowers appear, it is overripe; leave the plant to produce side shoots afterwards.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
loamy, humus-rich, moist, nutrient-rich, lime-loving
Feeding
Heavy feeder
Companion planting
Good neighbors
legume family (Fabaceae)
particularly well establishedLeguminous plants collect nitrogen in the soil, from which Brassicaceae benefit as heavy feeders.
For example Bush beanPole beanBroad beanMarker peaSugar peaRed bean and 30 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
carrot family (Apiaceae)
You can pair celery and dill with all Brassicaceae because they repel the cabbage whitefly with their scent, a proven companion.
For example Carrotcelery rootDillParsleyCarrot fennelCoriander and 19 more species in the catalogue
Source: Bio-Gärtnerei Mixed-culture Practice
mint family (Lamiaceae)
You will notice that the intense scent of basil, thyme, and others confuses the cabbage whitefly and keeps it away from the cabbage family.
For example LavenderThymeBasilRosemarySageHyssop and 31 more species in the catalogue
Source: bio-gardening intercropping practice
nasturtium family (Tropaeolaceae)
Nasturtium serves as a trap plant for you. Aphids and cabbage whiteflies prefer it over the brassicaceae next to it.
For example Tropaeolum majusMashua
Source: Trap plant practice in organic horticulture
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
Some of these explanations were machine-translated.
Diseases & pests
5 relevantFrom the knowledge base, automatically linked by affected species. How to spot and prevent them is covered in full in the lexicon.
Phyllotreta
Flea beetles are tiny, black or metallic shiny beetles that jump away when touched.
More on Flea beetleDelia radicum
The cabbage fly lays its eggs at the root collar of crucifers, and the white maggots feed on the roots and root collars.
More on Cabbage flyPlasmodiophora brassicae
Clubroot is a soil-borne fungal disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae that affects all cruciferous plants.
More on ClubrootPieris brassicae
The Large White is the striking white moth whose yellow and black caterpillars can devour cabbage plants down to the leaf veins in a short time.
More on Large WhiteArion vulgaris
The Spanish slug is the most feared omnivore in the vegetable bed. It feeds at night and in damp weather, eating irregular holes into leaves, and often clears young lettuces or seedlings completely.
More on Spanish slugVarieties
6 varieties‚Burbank F1’
You have a modern F1 hybrid for summer cultivation, *‚Burbank F1’*, that still sets dense, even heads even under heat and drought stress.
‚Calabrese Natalino’
You grow *‚Calabrese Natalino’*, the Italian classic from which almost all modern broccoli varieties derive.
‚Di Cicco’
You will especially appreciate *‚Di Cicco’* for its rich side-branch development.
‚Limba’
A dependable open pollinated variety for the home garden that forms medium sized, firm and evenly domed heads.
‚Marathon F1’
A proven F1 hybrid for late cropping that forms large, dense and evenly domed main heads.
‚Ramoso Calabrese’
A traditional, strongly branching variety from Calabria that pushes out particularly generous side shoots after the medium sized main head.
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