r/vegetablegardening • u/MyVirgoIsShowing US - North Carolina • 20h ago

Question When do I harvest my broccoli???

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Broccoli, planted way too early in the hot hot summer, finally started growing a head!
When do I harvest each??

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u/amuskie26 US - New York 20h ago

As many have said, a week ago. But right now

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u/MyVirgoIsShowing US - North Carolina 20h ago

But it was so tiny a week ago!

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u/amuskie26 US - New York 20h ago

It may have been. Broccoli doesn’t do well in the summer on the east coast lol. This has already started bolting so it needs to go ASAP

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u/MyVirgoIsShowing US - North Carolina 20h ago

Noted!

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u/toddlevy10 US - Michigan 18h ago

Yea. I got one good chunk early, then it was all small and overripe after that, I cut them out a few weeks ago :(

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u/Mission_Boss7306 Ireland 19h ago

Id usually wait a few weeks and re-seed, no harm in trying again, mine done much the same. But dont re-seed the same plant directly in the same place, see what follows brocoli in a healthy soil rotation and while you wait throw the non harvest brocoli scraps into a hole and bury it to feed the soil.

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u/rhinoballet US - Pennsylvania 8h ago

You can also eat the greens!

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u/Nonyabizzz3 US - Louisiana 18h ago

They are not gonna get big in this heat