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For the best broccoli (all types), begin to harvest before
the flowers open. Pick both
Broccoli and Calabrese regularly to ensure the heads are at their
tastiest and to encourage the formation of side-shoots. With
Calabrese, snap or cut off the heads at the top of the stalk. Broccoli
should be cut off around half way down the stalk. Both
Calabrese and Broccoli freeze particularly well. Blanch the spears for
about three minutes in salted water, let them cool out of the water for
five minutes and freeze them. The less water on them at the time of
freezing, the better. They
will store in the fridge for about a week, but they are definitely at
their best when harvested and eaten on the same day. The table
below identifies the most common symptoms of broccoli pest and disease, simply click on the
pest or disease
name for more detailed information on treatment.
Disease Symptoms
Clubroot
Stunted
growth especially if infected as seedlings. Discoloured leaves
which wilt. Roots are a thick distorted mass.
Downy
Mildew
Light
grey powdery patches on the leaves and shoots, normally
appearing in spring. The mildew will get right into the plant,
eventually killing it.
Aphids
These
are greenfly and blackfly which will be clearly visible on the
leaves and especially tender young shoots. These seriously
weaken the plant.
Cabbage
Root Fly
Stunted
growth especially if infected as seedlings. Discoloured leaves
which wilt. The roots are black and rotting.
Caterpillars
These
are visible as they much their way through the leaves. The cure
is simply to pick them off by hand. END
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Harvesting
and Storing Broccoli
Broccoli Pests
and Diseases
Name: maurizioticconi
E-mail: maurizioticconi@gmail.com
Date posted: September 24, 2011 - 12:27 pm
Message: ho messo a dimora piantine di .broccoletti,ma alcune foglie sono bucherellate,ed altre sono mangicchiate,sapete dirmi che cosa posso fare per curarle?Vi ringrazio!(come avrete capito sono un principiante.
Name: fzfqphkeu
E-mail: fbyxbd@mivotk.com
Date posted: August 09, 2011 - 03:52 am
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Name: Pepper
E-mail: sardagh@companydirectors.com.au
Date posted: August 08, 2011 - 08:30 am
Message: In awe of that anwser! Really cool!
Name: flossy
E-mail: mumdadballard2011@hotmail.com
Date posted: July 25, 2011 - 01:02 am
Message: my broccoli has yellow flowers wat can i do??
Name: ramm
E-mail: rthmdws@yahoo.com
Date posted: May 21, 2011 - 05:24 pm
Message: my broccoli has yellow flowers and small broccoli,s on it should i pick it?
Name: charles wambugu
E-mail: Private
Date posted: November 26, 2010 - 04:55 am
Message: I have brown spots on the tenderstem broccoli and it is destroying the foliage especially when it is raining.What remedy could you be having and I will appreciate?
Name: kevin wimert
E-mail: Private
Date posted: September 24, 2010 - 06:36 pm
Message: I have tiny white flying things that look like puffs of cotton. Ant help would greatly apperciated.
Name: Denise
E-mail: deevenn@hotmail.co.uk
Date posted: August 28, 2010 - 08:43 am
Message: I have purple sprouting brocolli plants in my vegetable garden but they are covered in caterpilars & eggs the leaves are full of holes ,should i pull out the plants which are about 2 1/2 feet hogh now or will they still be ok to leave in until next March? ,the way they are going there wont be anything left of the plant by then
Name: pokane
E-mail: pokane8@hotmail.co.uk
Date posted: August 20, 2010 - 05:42 pm
Message: My broccoli are starting to shoot they have yellow flowers