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| 7 lbs harvested and more to come! |
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| Look Close you can see them! 1 dark and 2 green! |
Broccoli is frequently plagued by these guys and other worms, but don't worry they won't hurt you! They will only really hurt your plants when they are vary small, once they get bigger they should be okay.
You should clean them real well after you harvest your heads. I did read of a way to get rid of them, if you don't want to just pick them off and eat them like I do, lol! Just kiddin! Bring your broccoli indoors and soak it in a water bath that is 1 part salt to 5 parts water, using cold water. Soak the broccoli for approximately 25 minutes and then rinse it under fast moving water. I tried it and it works great! I would recommend "swarshing" it back and forth. That is "Jethro Bodine" , for moving it back and forth in the water. Far dose of yall dat don't know why I callz myself Jethro sometimes, clink on da link given fur a good chuckle!
Here is a little history on "Broccoli" from Wikipedia:
Broccoli was derived from cultivated leafy cole crops in the Northern Mediterranean in about the 6th century BCE. Since the Roman Empire, broccoli has been considered a uniquely valuable food among Italians. Broccoli was bought to England from Antwerp in the mid-1700s by Peter Scheemakers. Broccoli was first introduced to the United States by Italian immigrants but did not become widely known until the 1920s.If you would like lots of Nutritional Facts on Broccoli Click Here!
Genesis 9:3 "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything."
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7 pounds! That's a lot of broccoli! Congrats on the great harvest.
ReplyDeleteAnd hopefully more to come!
DeleteWhat variety is that? Mine have not come out nearly as large and heavy as your own. Our firsts were 4-5 inch heads. They were starting to separate out so figured it wouldnt fill out anymore than that.
ReplyDeleteGreen Goliath is the variety here! I do use lots of compost and until the leaves get large, I use my grass clippings as mulch. Lots of nitrogen! I have noticed that the more sun they get the tighter they grow together. The draw back is the reach the point of bloom faster!
DeleteMy daughter loves broccoli too! I have never grown it myself, but I do love to get it from the farmers' market. I really don't know how people were able to garden so well back in the day, it seems like every pest you could get for different veg varieties, I have. I am hoping that in the fall when I put my newly arrived chickens on the garden to let them scratch and eat up what's left, they will take any and all bugs that might overwinter and then hopefully next year I will be able to grow some winter squash :-)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great plan!
DeleteGlad to know there is a technical term for what we do when we wash broccoli..'swarshing' is the perfect term!
ReplyDeleteWe have lots of great technical terms like that here in the mountains, lol!
DeleteOh my gosh I have probably eaten them before..lol I never have looked that closely but I will from now on. Thanks Clint for this post.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that the protein was good nutrition, lol!
DeleteYour broccoli should have been picked before it started turning yellow!
ReplyDeleteThe yellow you see is not from bloom, its from were the neighboring plants leaves laid over on the head. But yes you are correct you should, thank you for the post!
DeleteHowdy Jethro!
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Lovely harvest you've got there! You grow em big in the mountains! Thanks for the tips and terms about broccoli.
Swarshing... Love that one!
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ReplyDeleteMy cabbage has those and you're right, as they get bigger, the worms are less of a problem. Hoping for a crop. I "swarsh" most everything from the garden! Ha!
ReplyDeleteI'm still eating broccoli from my garden in Chicago but I think the plant is dying now. I spray wash mine before eating.
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