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My "Early Purple Spouting Broccoli" isn't as good as the stuff in the
greengrocers :-(

One plant is producing spindly heads while the other is doing very
short fat ones. Neither tastes of much. The growing site is a *bit*
shaded and my soil is alkaline sand, well composted and fertilised.

What's wrong?

? Last summers heatwave?
? Inferior variety?
? Really need full sun?
? Other?

Thanks!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/