BROCCOLI /CALABRESE SEEDS "DE CICCO" 150 SEEDS

Traditional Italian heirloom broccoli. Calabrese de Cicco is particularly good for freezing and ideal for stir-fries and steaming.

Once the 3-4” main head has been cut, this will be followed by a bumper crop of side-shoot spears throughout the summer, can also be grown as sprouting broccoli for micro greens, providing you with many health benefits.

Easy to sow and grow, an ideal vegetable for the garden & allotment.

Did you know?

Broccoli/calabrese is high in many nutrients, including fibre, vitamin C, vitamin K, iron, and potassium.

pack size: 150 seeds

Growing broccoli seed for planting

sow May-July

How to sow calabrese/broccoli seeds

Sow green Sprouting Broccoli seeds from mid-April to the end of May to plant out in June or July For early production, sow indoors in March for planting out in April and harvesting in November. For direct sowing, sow from April to mid-June for harvesting from January to May. The expected germination time is 7- 12 days, depending on soil temperature.

For large Calabrese crowns, sow under cover from the end of March to mid-July for harvesting from July to September. For direct sowing, sow from April to June. Take care to avoid root disturbance when transplanting; bare root transplants are prone to bolt.

For smaller crowns suitable for freezing, sow from March to mid-May direct-drilled and harvest from June to September.

Calabrese Harvest time

February-March