Extra Early Rudolph broccoli seeds - 200 seeds per packet
Extra Early Rudolph broccoli seeds with F1 hybrid vigour produce good sized, tender spears on large framed plants from autumn to late winter to give you immune-boosting florets right through the colder months when you need it most. This variety of broccoli is ideal for our winters in the UK.
Extra Early Rudolph is brimming with vitamins and is regarded by nutritionists as a superfood, high in cancer-fighting phytochemicals.
With F1 hybrid vigour Extra Early Rudolph champions in your vegetable plot and stands up to UK winters well putting on good growth rain, sleet or shine.
We recommend that you sow the seed thinly in drills and cover them over with soil, lightly firming with the head of the rake. Mark the row, labelling one end with the variety and sowing
Sowing & harvesting
Sow Outdoors: Late April-May thinly ½in (1cm) deep in a seed bed or clean module trays of firm pre watered compost. Keep soil moist at all times.
Thin Out: 4in (10cm) apart.
Plant Out: June-July into the required harvest position 18in (45cm) apart with 24in (60cm) between each row.
Harvest:September-February
Protect from Cabbage White Butterfly with netting. Sow little and often for extended cropping periods.