General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Other: Edible
Uses: Vegetable
Salad greens
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Leaves
Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Depth to plant seed: 1/4 inch
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: In Spring start 4-8 weeks before last frost. For Fall start 10-12 weeks before first frost. Space 18-24 inches apart. Harvest 60 days from transplanting.
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Trade name information:
Series: Peacock
Cultivar name: 'Purple Peacock'
Common names
  • Broccoli

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Location: San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-10
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-10
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-10
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-10

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On March 25, 2020 Transplanted
partial shade
lovesblooms On February 19, 2020 Seeds germinated
indoors, heat/lights
lovesblooms On February 15, 2020 Seeds sown
indoors, heat/lights
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