Fothergill's Broccoli Sprouting Early Purple Sprouting Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Brassica oleracea italica, a traditional and reliable sprouting variety.
• Successional Harvest: Designed to provide a continuous supply of tender purple spears over several weeks, ensuring a steady kitchen harvest.
• Extreme Hardiness: Highly resilient to the British winter, making it an essential choice for year-round vegetable production.
• Nutritional Value: A rich source of vitamins and antioxidants, offering fresh "superfood" greens directly from the garden.
• Growth Habit: Produces robust, branching plants that yield numerous side shoots once the main head is harvested.
• Visual Appeal: Features striking purple spears contrasted against deep green foliage, adding ornamental value to the vegetable plot.

Care Instructions:

• Sowing: Sow in a well-prepared seedbed or modules; transplant to their final position once large enough to handle.
• Positioning: Thrives in a sunny spot with firm, fertile, and well-drained soil.
• Maintenance: Provide support or staking in wind-exposed gardens to protect the tall, branching stems.
• Harvesting: Harvest the spears regularly when they are young and tender to encourage the plant to produce more shoots.