Calabrese (Broccoli) Purple Rain F1
£6.00 – £37.20
Calabrese Purple Rain F1 Seed
Product code: CAL 096
A purple cape type. Can be cut as a close head like a cauliflower and used as florets, or allow the heads to stretch and cut as tips or short spears like calabrese. Delicious cooked or raw. Harvest September to October.
Sow: February to August
Planting period: March to July
Matures: September to October
Direct Drilled per acre: Large heads 29,000 seeds or 100g, Small heads 40,000 seeds or 125g
Target Plant population per /acre: Large heads 14,000, Small heads 40,000
Germination: 13-15°C
Row width: 45-60cm
* For very early crops sow under glass in Feb & transplant April. For overwintering crops sow in September
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