For fabulous big broccoli heads, put a bit of effort into preparing your beds. They’re hungry and need a beautiful, humus rich soil.
This bed was in Broadbeans – a nitrogen fixer before a brassica is always a smart move. I’ve chopped them off at soil level, leaving the roots behind for strength. Yes they’ll re-sprout, but I’ll just knock the shoots off until they stop coming.
The soil smells good and feels lovely so I’ve only spread a fine layer of compost. If it weren’t so fab, I’d have spread the compost thicker, or if not enough compost to hand, dolloped a generous amount at the base of each seedling. Soak it all in a lovely liquid feed and cover it over with my roughly chopped homemade mulch – broadbean stalks, parsley, yarrow, endive and dill.
Ready, set to grow some awesome broccoli!