Spring Raab Broccoli

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Open pollinated. Heirloom. 45 days. Spring Raab Broccoli forms a good sized cluster. Harvest the shoots and leaves together, saute', combine with pasta, use in soups. Easy to handl e, easy to grow, loaded with folic acid and vitamins. Plant from earliest spring to midsummer. Raab is closely related to turnips. Spring raab is faster growing, larger and less hardy than our Fall raab. Planting Directions: Sow seed indoors in spring 4 to 6 weeks before last frost with a minimum soil temperature of 50° -86° - 77°,optimum.Sow seeds ¼” deep with 3-4 per unit/inch thinning to one seedling. When seeds germinate move to a cooler, well lit area to produce sturdy transplants. Harden off seedlings 7 days prior to transplanting outdoors. Plant outdoors in well prepared soil, enriched with a complete garden fertilizer or rich compost, broccoli is considered a heavy feeder. Transplant outdoors when soil temperature is 60°-65°. Water moderately and regularly. For fall crops plant seeds 1/4” deep and 2”- 4” apart outdoors in late summer. Thin seedlings to 8-10” apart when 6” tall. Show more