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Nine Star perennial broccoli - Veggie - 22-01-2025
Imagine that you have grown 6 perennial broccoli plants and you know that they grow into large plants. They are also vulnerable to attack by pigeons and cabbage white butterflies.
You don't have an undercover, netted area in which to plant them.
Would you plant them in a group or separately around the garden - or any other option that comes to mind?
Asking for a friend.
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - Small chilli - 23-01-2025
I’d plant them in a group and plant lot of companion plants around them to help fend off those that want to eat it before you can.
Very good list of companion plants here
https://blog.firsttunnels.co.uk/companion-plants-for-brassicas/
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - JJB - 23-01-2025
I'd also plant in a group and use one of my myriad bundles of mesh to cover them to keep beasties off, probably using the same area for other brassicas and carrots which would all benefit from mesh protection. As perennial broc is likely to remain in that space for ever (the clue's in the name) next year, if you practice crop rotation, might be different. With no crop rotation you could dedicate that area to protected species and mesh it always growing brassicas and carrots there each year.
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - SarrissUK - 23-01-2025
I have absolutely no idea, but I'm very impressed you have six of them! I've just sown some, and hoping for a similar level of success
Maybe put four together and net them, and dot the other two around the garden?Good luck and let us know how it goes!
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - Vinny - 23-01-2025
I grew them for a couple of years with some success.I didn't net them and got away with it. They do 'sprawl' a lot and they aren't a pretty plant.I personally dotted them about a bit which was probably why I didn't net them? They are bound to give better crops netted but nets wuld need to stay on a number of years?
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - Veggie - 23-01-2025
I've grown it before too and it lived for about 5 years - in a netting covered GH. Here's a photo to prove it https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=486&highlight=nine+star
I don't get on with netting/mesh in the garden. Its always in the way, get blown about and tangled around things it shouldn't.
Thanks for your advice, folks, I'm still thinking!!
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - Vinny - 23-01-2025
(23-01-2025, 09:09 PM)Veggie Wrote: I've grown it before too and it lived for about 5 years - in a netting covered GH. Here's a photo to prove it https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=486&highlight=nine+starI've just checked out your photograph Veggie. Mine were more prostrate than yours and probably half the height? The netting must have caused a micro climate to make them grow upward instead of outward like mine. (Or maybe you just have better weather where you live?) Upside with your method was they were clean heads,whereas mine being close to the ground were quite mud splashed at times.
I don't get on with netting/mesh in the garden. Its always in the way, get blown about and tangled around things it shouldn't.
Thanks for your advice, folks, I'm still thinking!!
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - Veggie - 24-01-2025
Just done a stocktake of my 9Star plants and I undersold myself - I have 10 plants so enough to play with in different locations. Maybe 3 groups of 3 with one to go in a pot??
RE: Nine Star perennial broccoli - SarrissUK - 24-01-2025
(24-01-2025, 03:03 PM)Veggie Wrote: Just done a stocktake of my 9Star plants and I undersold myself - I have 10 plants so enough to play with in different locations. Maybe 3 groups of 3 with one to go in a pot??Perfect!