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Old 02-04-2004, 04:22 AM
Robert
 
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Default Purple Spouting Broccoli - disappointment

Steve Harris wrote:
: My "Early Purple Spouting Broccoli" isn't as good as the stuff in the
: greengrocers :-(April the first right !!!!!
:
: 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/

April the first right !!!!!