Enhance your garden with Broccoli Calabrese Green Sprouting seeds, a high-yield heirloom variety. These seeds produce large, tender, and flavorful broccoli heads suitable for fresh cooking, steaming, or stir-fries. Easy-to-grow and highly productive, this variety is perfect for home gardeners seeking reliable harvests.

Features:

1. Variety: Calabrese Green Sprouting Broccoli
2. Growth habit: Upright, bushy, and compact
3. Head characteristics: Dense, dark green, crisp, and tender
4. Light requirements: Full sun
5. Soil requirements: Well-draining, fertile soil enriched with organic matter
6. Suitable for: Garden beds, raised beds, and containers

Specifications:

1. Seed Type: Heirloom, Non-GMO seeds
2. Planting Season: Early Spring or Late Summer
3. Zones: USDA Zones 3–9
4. Planting Depth: 0.25–0.5 inch (6–12 mm)
5. Spacing: 18–24 inches (45–60 cm) between plants
6. Germination Time: 5–12 days
7. Days to Harvest: 60–100 days after sowing
8. Head Diameter: 4–6 inches (10–15 cm)
9. Plant Height: 18–36 inches (45–90 cm)
10. Watering: Regular, keep soil evenly moist
11. Maintenance: Provide consistent watering and fertilization; thin seedlings to avoid overcrowding
12. Indoor/Outdoor: Suitable for direct sowing outdoors or starting indoors for transplanting

Planting Guide:

1. Sow seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before the last frost or directly outdoors in cool soil.
2. Keep soil consistently moist until germination.
3. Transplant seedlings when they have 3–4 true leaves and outdoor temperatures are stable.
4. Space plants according to specifications for optimal growth.
5. Harvest broccoli when heads are firm, tight, and before flowering begins.