Broccoli and Cabbage Seeds for Sale
QLD NSW VIC SA NT ONLY
Form and Function: Cool Season Food Crops selected for their ability to be direct sown into garden beds – thinned through the season – with some plants left over for seed set in Spring.
Fodder: Starch Free Leafy Vegetables are essential to a healthy human diet. Surplus is well suited as green pick for poultry.
Mulch: Single Cabbage Leaves are used as covers in some situations – as a seed cover:
Add: To as “Green Chop” to Chicken Food.
People: Do not eat enough Cabbage/Broccoli
Planting Window: April-May – frost resistant. Extreme frost events have so far never affected seed production if it coincides with flowering.
Seed Supplied: You scatter 100 plus seeds per square metre into finely tilled soil. NEW PRODUCT SEED AVAIL> SOON
Germination Rate: 90%
Maturity: Sept-October depending upon planting date and seasonal conditions.
Suitable Soil Type: Produces bulk organic matter in watered and nourished gardens. In field condition favours rich loam, will grow in heavy clay soils.
Planting Methods: Cultivated soil, sprinkle on top and rake to cover, or make a furrow 50mm deep, 150mm apart, space seed accordingly. Water in well to activate strike. Seedlings appear 10-14 days.
Pack n Post Rates: Flat Rate Postage = Maximum $12 for all Seeds on Same Order
Photo 1: Broccoli Heads in Late June -Cut the heads off and they will regrow a second crop.
Photo 2: Chinese Cabbage planted on a BioChar Burrow – July/August
Photo 3: Collard Green starting to Flower – August
Photo 4: Turkey Nest Garden with an overplanting of Chinese Cabbage. These will be thinned over the next 2-3 months. Date of Photo: July
Photo 5: Chinese Cabbages around a Turkey Nest. Pull to thin, Date of Photo: Aug ’21