Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 We have grown it and eaten it for 10 years. There is a secret to it like there is a secret to growing more and more cabbages too. For Broccoli - it will grow upwards (duh) and then there will be a first cluster coming up the center. If you let it grow big and cut it to eat it - you won't get much of a broccoli crop. BUT - if you cut it while it is still small - but not tiny - you will encourage tons of other shoots from all over to start shooting up. Keep checking the plant and cut the broccoli stems as they get big enough and you will keep having broccoli until the cows come home. The more you cut - the longer you will have broccoli.You can eat the leaves too. Delicious when they are young and tender. So are the stems of the leaves. Jacob and I go outside and cut the leaves and start at the stems and eat it all the way up. Dr. Chen that I talk about (she is an immunologist) (see my blog) looks at food under the microscope and sees which foods are best for your immune system. Her quote, " If you knew what I knew about broccoli - you would grow it yourself and eat it everyday. " THAT should tell you something. GROW BROCCOLI!! For Cauliflower - it grows in one big flower. I have not yet been able to have more than one big cauliflower per plant. For Cabbage - after you cut the cabbage off of the main plant - you HAVE to take a knife and cut that part in half - not bearing down too deep. This will encourage more and more and more cabbages to keep growing. It will keep growing cabbages as long as you keep making that slit in the main stem that you cut off. If you do not make that slit after the first cut - you will never get another cabbage from that crop. These are winter foods in Phx. Enjoy. Judy in Phx mawintheraw.blogspot.com On 6/22/06, Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002 wrote: > > For those of you that garden and grow broccoli & cauliflower, after you > harvest from the plant the first time will it produce again? I have gardened > for years, but am new to growing these two vegetables. > Thanks! > > Leah > > > > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Small Business. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Excellent Judy! That was exactly what I needed to know. Last night DH and I were in the garden arguing about if the broccoli were tall enough to cut yet. Guess he wins this time..... :-) Now that I know, I will plant fewer broccoli plants next year and more cauliflower plants and probably add cabbage to our adventures. Thanks! Leah Judy Cozza <judycozza wrote: We have grown it and eaten it for 10 years. There is a secret to it like there is a secret to growing more and more cabbages too. For Broccoli - it will grow upwards (duh) and then there will be a first cluster coming up the center. If you let it grow big and cut it to eat it - you won't get much of a broccoli crop. BUT - if you cut it while it is still small - but not tiny - you will encourage tons of other shoots from all over to start shooting up. Keep checking the plant and cut the broccoli stems as they get big enough and you will keep having broccoli until the cows come home. The more you cut - the longer you will have broccoli.You can eat the leaves too. Delicious when they are young and tender. So are the stems of the leaves. Jacob and I go outside and cut the leaves and start at the stems and eat it all the way up. Dr. Chen that I talk about (she is an immunologist) (see my blog) looks at food under the microscope and sees which foods are best for your immune system. Her quote, " If you knew what I knew about broccoli - you would grow it yourself and eat it everyday. " THAT should tell you something. GROW BROCCOLI!! For Cauliflower - it grows in one big flower. I have not yet been able to have more than one big cauliflower per plant. For Cabbage - after you cut the cabbage off of the main plant - you HAVE to take a knife and cut that part in half - not bearing down too deep. This will encourage more and more and more cabbages to keep growing. It will keep growing cabbages as long as you keep making that slit in the main stem that you cut off. If you do not make that slit after the first cut - you will never get another cabbage from that crop. These are winter foods in Phx. Enjoy. Judy in Phx mawintheraw.blogspot.com On 6/22/06, Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002 wrote: > > For those of you that garden and grow broccoli & cauliflower, after you > harvest from the plant the first time will it produce again? I have gardened > for years, but am new to growing these two vegetables. > Thanks! > > Leah > > > > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Small Business. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 I gave up broccoli after hearing a speaker say, " if we lived where we are supposed to live (tropical) which would you choose? A ripe piece of fruit on an everbearing tree or a strange looking green thing growing from the ground? " -- from Loren Lockman, http://www.tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/index.php Made sense to me. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I agree. It has to look, smell and taste appealing for me to consider something food. And in general I have to be willing to eat by itself as a meal. Brocolli doesn't fit that category for me. -Mike --- SV <shavig wrote: > I gave up broccoli after hearing a speaker say, " if we lived where we > are supposed to live (tropical) which would you choose? A ripe piece > of fruit on an everbearing tree or a strange looking green thing > growing from the ground? " -- from Loren Lockman, > http://www.tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/index.php > > Made sense to me. > > Shari > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Amen, Brother and Sister! It blows my mind how many people think eating raw is living on broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrots! http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , Mike Elliot <mmelliot wrote: > > I agree. It has to look, smell and taste appealing for me to consider > something food. And in general I have to be willing to eat by itself as > a meal. Brocolli doesn't fit that category for me. > > -Mike > > --- SV <shavig wrote: > > > I gave up broccoli after hearing a speaker say, " if we lived where we > > are supposed to live (tropical) which would you choose? A ripe piece > > of fruit on an everbearing tree or a strange looking green thing > > growing from the ground? " -- from Loren Lockman, > > http://www.tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/index.php > > > > Made sense to me. > > > > Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 <snip> > Dr. Chen that I talk about (she is an immunologist) (see my blog) looks at > food under the microscope and sees which foods are best for your immune > system. Her quote, " If you knew what I knew about broccoli - you would grow > it yourself and eat it everyday. " THAT should tell you something. GROW > BROCCOLI!! > Does anyone have any great recipes for preparing broccoli besides just cutting small and putting it in a salad? There is a great recipe for curried cauliflower in " Warming Up to Raw Foods " . If y'all want it, I'll post it, let me know. You may already have it if you have the collection of uncook books that I do :>) Melanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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