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Nana's are Beautiful
I've never grown broccoli before, never even seen it in the garden. Mine seems to be flourishing. Only thing is..........it's not looking a whole lot like brocolli. I've got long spindly shoots instead of the thick broccoli plant that you see in stores when you buy them. I dunno what to do with these long spindly shoots. Know what I mean?? Are they supposed to be there, am I supposed to trim them?
I already know the garden will be organized differently next year. It's just small this year with me utilizing the flower beds I don't have flowers in as well. But hey, a lot of these plants I've not grown before so......live and learn. Any squash family plant will be given a LOT of space. holy moly It's not just pumpkins that like to spread out. LOL I keep having to guide the spaghetti squash out of the garden plot so that its not smothering everything else.....it's doing fine by the way. Cabbage will also have it's own area. I forgot how big the actual plant gets. Strawberries are producing ok for the first year but they will be transplanted out of the raised garden bed into an area of the yard because they're perennial and then they can spread out if they want. This heat, lack of rain is not being kind to my blueberry bushes. They're just barely making it, but I hope they come back good next year. (I have flowers that have done that to me) The corn and zucchini got a late start due to me not feeling well. They're what I just gave up and stuck in the flower bed. LOL But although they are behind......they're now doing great since they're in the ground. Not really too worried about harvesting them........figure with this current heat ect we'll probably be seeing summer temps through most of Oct at the least. Tomatoes are ok in the buckets, even have a few growing now.
But it's the darn broccoli that has me stumped. I'm thinking I should've trimmed at some point or other. hmm
I already know the garden will be organized differently next year. It's just small this year with me utilizing the flower beds I don't have flowers in as well. But hey, a lot of these plants I've not grown before so......live and learn. Any squash family plant will be given a LOT of space. holy moly It's not just pumpkins that like to spread out. LOL I keep having to guide the spaghetti squash out of the garden plot so that its not smothering everything else.....it's doing fine by the way. Cabbage will also have it's own area. I forgot how big the actual plant gets. Strawberries are producing ok for the first year but they will be transplanted out of the raised garden bed into an area of the yard because they're perennial and then they can spread out if they want. This heat, lack of rain is not being kind to my blueberry bushes. They're just barely making it, but I hope they come back good next year. (I have flowers that have done that to me) The corn and zucchini got a late start due to me not feeling well. They're what I just gave up and stuck in the flower bed. LOL But although they are behind......they're now doing great since they're in the ground. Not really too worried about harvesting them........figure with this current heat ect we'll probably be seeing summer temps through most of Oct at the least. Tomatoes are ok in the buckets, even have a few growing now.
But it's the darn broccoli that has me stumped. I'm thinking I should've trimmed at some point or other. hmm