Sowing Tips: VE-046 F1 Broccoli
Seed Sowing Guide:
Seedling
Prepare Baba seedling soil and seedling pots. Fill up the seedling pots with Baba seedling soil, use finger gently make a small hole, put in 2-3 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.
During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly when needed. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Before put in seed into soil or before transplant, you could water the seedling mix or potting mix first. This is to ensure the potting mix get enough moist and prevent plants get dehydrated later.
Transplant
When the seedling with 3-4 leaves (around 14-28 days after germination), the seedling is ready to transplant.
- Ready a suitable size pot, the minimum diameter of the planting container is 300mm. Such as Baba 206 Flower Pot.
- Fill up the planting pot with Baba Organic Vegimix, and make holes to prepare for transplant. Each holes require minimum 300mm distance.
- Take out the seedling from seedling pots, and put into the hole. Press gently on surrounding soil, to make the seedling stay firm.
Fertilizing
Put Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer on 7th days after transplant. After that, repeat fertilizing on every week, for a month.
If Broccoli has not form a head after two months, change the fertilizer to Mr. Ganick 426 Organic Melon Fertilizer. Repeat weekly too.
Dig a small hole 100-150mm from the plants, and put in fertilizer, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil.
Water after done fertilizing.
Watering
Moist is important for Broccoli. Make sure soil always enough moist and water it when needed.
Water thoroughly on every morning is recommended.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Avoid watering on florets, it will cause mold of florets.
Harvest Tips
Broccoli is ready to harvest after 65 days from transplanting date or you feel it is firm when gently squeeze the cabbage.
When harvesting, you could direct pull out the whole Broccoli or direct cut the stem.
♥♥ Extra Tip: After Broccoli head is harvested, you can continue to harvest the side shoots from the broccoli.
