Watch This Before Growing Broccoli - Growing Broccoli From Seed To Harvest

Watch this before growing broccoli in your own home backyard garden!
This garden tutorial teaches you everything you need to know from how and when to sow seeds, how to pick the best cultivar for your garden, common pests and diseases, how to know when broccoli is ready for harvest, and how to fertilize plants for maximum production. I especially share my pro tips for how to be successful growing broccoli in warm climates because it can be very challenging. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just starting out, this video is full of valuable tips and clever techniques to walk you through the entire process.
Garden zones 3-7: Sow seeds indoors for broccoli 10-12 weeks before your last spring frost date
Garden zones 8-11: Transplant broccoli in fall. So that means sow seeds 10-12 weeks before end of September or early October. For accuracy, find the first month in fall, where your maximum average high temperature is at 85F or below. This is the target month to transplant broccoli seedlings into the garden. Backtrack 10-12 weeks before this, to sow seeds indoors.
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[@peace4peaceful]

Nice vid. Catapillars are a nightmare here. We get them by the thousands. Along with grass hoppers.

[@juneramirez8580]

Wow you just explained to me WHY my broccoli heads have been so small!!! I couldn't understand why twice in a row I was getting small single heads! First time I have seen you! Great job!

[@JerrasGarden]

Happy to help!

[@Randyb4ut]

Awesome garden. Thanks for sharing your video with us. 👍

[@stephj4940]

This was super helpful! 🙂 Thank you so much!

[@0YOU812]

Your insight is very useful and well said. Thank you. Subscribed and looking for more.

[@catulopsae]

So informative. I really like your video. Thank you

[@harmonyholisticshomestead4526]

Found the soil in my area it was $1.98! Thank you for your loads of knowledge

[@JerrasGarden]

Wow lucky I wish mine was priced that low

[@KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI]

💚💚💚I love broccoli. thanks for the video💚💚💚

[@JerrasGarden]

You're so welcome 😄

[@user-hl4jk8ku6c]

Thank you! Will try next season.

[@JerrasGarden]

Great!

[@joerogansghost7402]

Really well done video. You packed alot of information and really good tips in there. Like you I'm in the southeast and broccoli is one of my favorite veggies to grow. Plus is great to be able to plant and harvest it twice a year here because of the mild winters. Great job loved your video.

[@KAline-sp6zn]

Love this. Lots of great information, clearly explained, without a lot of extraneous chit chat. Just what I was looking for!

[@JerrasGarden]

Glad you liked it. I am a very "get to the point" person. LOL

[@organicgarden12337]

Thanks for your video, is amazing ❤

[@JerrasGarden]

Glad you liked it!

[@Happy2Run4Me]

I buy that same compost here at Lowe’s in East Texas. I love it too and have grown lots of great plants in it over the last year. 👍🏻 I do add granular and liquid fertilizer too. I will remember to add blood meal now too! Great video! Thank you!

[@JerrasGarden]

Your one of the lucky ones who can find it lol

[@normarosado5697]

Thanks, very well explained. Feeling more comfortable now for my fall planting. Great video...

[@JerrasGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lisafahrner8257]

That’s a beautiful looking broccoli!! I’m in SW Florida.

[@JerrasGarden]

Thanks!

[@Pausereflectandbreathe]

Wow! I have been failing in growing brassicas especially broccoli, brussel sprouts and cauliflower. This video is very helpful! I hope I will remember to fertilize. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! ❤️🙏

[@JerrasGarden]

You are so welcome!

[@gm7304]

1st time here. Great job on the video. Thank You. Broccoli totally rocks. i want a broccoli shirt.

[@JerrasGarden]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@sunnybizz4857]

I pinch the flowers and grow for the leaves only. I chop leaves into roughly 1"x1" pieces and freeze. They don't clump because the leaves are waxy. I have broccoli all winter long for soups, chillies, salads and smoothies. Leaves are far far more dense in nutrients than the flower heads.

[@lovefromtheuniversethrough1014]

Such healthy broccolis! I see you have some butterfly pea flowers in the back.

[@JerrasGarden]

Yes! I grow tons of Thai double blue butterfly pea plants. I am currently filming a guide all about them, so more to come.

[@illzwillzwatuz963]

Bet

[@jongggrowss4202]

I dam nice I show people to grow as well cannabeard is good too

[@normanhooten9445]

Your video is the first I've heard mention the choice of cultivar types so well. I also will use the watering & fertilizer tips. High marks for your composition & delivery.

[@JerrasGarden]

I experiment a lot with different cultivars of everything so I like to guide people through it

[@anthonybscroggins7549]

Outstanding video with very useful information. I enjoy eating the leaves of the plant as well. Sautéed with onion and garlic, Yum

[@JerrasGarden]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@Happy2Run4Me]

I do the same because my garden is small and I love when a plant can provide many different types of crops. I love my greens luckily! I had a kohlrabi that never bulbed up but grew many side shoots with massive leaves (it was just too hot for it to bulb when I planted it) but I got to enjoy its leaves for nearly a year! It supplemented my collards perfectly towards my goal of growing enough greens for a year.😊

[@anthonybscroggins7549]

Thanks for another way to enjoy kohlrabi.@@Happy2Run4Me

[@luisserrano8551]

Great video....glad I watched this now....I was about to plant seeds now (am in zone 10a). I'll wait till the fall. My local Home Depot least expensive bag of compost brand is EarthGro @ $2.57 a bag.

[@JerrasGarden]

Yeaaaa don't plant brassicas now. I start sowing seeds indoors in August to transplant in October. I have never seen that brand locally.

[@myretiredhobbiesgainesvill8140]

Great video and terrific looking broccoli. I live in zone 8a and have tried several heading varieties but the "Sun King" has been my best variety thus far. Maybe you can give it a try sometime if you've never grown it before. Take care and thanks for sharing.

[@AP_farm_agriculture]

How long does it take to grow this vegetable? Do you have to fertilize or water it regularly?

[@myretiredhobbiesgainesvill8140]

@@AP_farm_agriculture 71 days to harvest and it needs water and fertilizer just like all the other varieties.

[@AP_farm_agriculture]

Where did you buy the seeds? 71 days is a short time to harvest. I also want to plant this plant in my garden .Thank you@@myretiredhobbiesgainesvill8140

[@JerrasGarden]

Your recommendation has been noted so I try next season. Thanks!

[@cjstenzel]

Well shoot, I live just outside of Wilmington, N.C. and my Broccoli's just sprouted 2 weeks ago...and it was 81 degrees today!!! lol I'm doomed! Looks like I'll be sowing again this August! Thanks for the info Jerra!

[@Cynthia_Robinson]

Try using a shade cloth it may help broccoli it temps are in high 70’s and low 80’s. Which is what I do in Florida.

[@JerrasGarden]

Shade cloth is a great idea! Might help them make it through.

[@potagermalo]

Coucou 👋🏻 Wow ils sont magnifiques bravo, je ne sais pas quoi dire d'autre à part que vous avez fait un travail remarquable 😊 A bientôt

[@JerrasGarden]

Merci beaucoup

[@potagermalo]

@@JerrasGarden de rien c'est avec plaisir 😊

[@Ellieandherlupus]

Love your video I was looking at your website and I scream when I saw Shampoo Ginger Sprouted ! When do you think u will have that in stock ?

[@JerrasGarden]

I am currently growing my next batch of shampoo ginger plants but they wont be ready for many weeks. Please add your email to my email group to receive a restock alert. They sell out VERY quickly. mailchi.mp/f696838283c9/untitled-page

[@cherylwilson716]

Thank you so much for this video. I tried broccoli in the fall, for the first time. It was unsuccessful. I did it all wrong. I am armed with knowledge now. I am in 7b/8a and i am starting now some. Hopefully i got the right kinds for my area. Thanks again. Is cauliflower, cabbage and Kohlrabi the same as broccoli?

[@JerrasGarden]

Your welcome! They are all part of the brassicas family and are grown very similar, with a few minor differences. I have a kohlrabi and Napa cabbage grow guide on my channel. I'm currently working on one for cauliflower, so more to come.

[@scarter9447]

You must be very confident waving your seedling around like that! Id bee more gentle as to not upset them :-)

[@nigelkakashi]

I grow green magic in the tropics

[@SquawkTradeFX]

Beautiful. My broccoli is only about 1.5 feet in diameter and it is just now starting to grow a head. How much growth do you think I should expect at this point? Is it worth letting it grow?

[@AP_farm_agriculture]

How many days have you been taking care of it?

[@JerrasGarden]

I would let it grow. The head should be ready in no more than 2 weeks.

[@SquawkTradeFX]

since November... @@AP_farm_agriculture

[@SquawkTradeFX]

Great...will continue to watch it. Thank you!@@JerrasGarden

[@IAMGiftbearer]

Also, what does Romanesco taste like? Is it more like broccoli or more like cauliflower?

[@JerrasGarden]

It is kind of a blend of both. Broccoli but more mild.

[@captainandrewcrabtree6535]

I like the two knuckle recommendation to see if the plant needs water... thank you! The ants on my plants made me think of James Brown, I got ants in my pants (plants), and I need to dance! Great video! 👍

[@JerrasGarden]

Glad you liked it!

[@robertbaker231]

Twelve weeks to grow from seed to plant thats a long time it only took me about 7 weeks

[@cynthiaj4863]

Are you growing other stuff in your grow bag where you planted on broccoli plant?

[@JerrasGarden]

I initially direct sowed some lettuce, spinach, and radish but the broccoli plants grew so fast they shaded them out and they did not grow well.

[@owlbestitching8839]

🦉❤️🛎️

[@IAMGiftbearer]

Are those broccoli plants almost as tall as you are? I am growing two plants for the first time and don't know how tall they get. Also, one of the two are developing a head and the other isn't. Do you know what I can do to get this one to create a head.

[@JerrasGarden]

Yes, broccoli plants get very big. They tend to start producing heads randomly and staggered. That is completely normal, just let them be. I prefer it that way because otherwise I would be stuck with a huge amount of broccoli at once.

[@robclower9606]

I like how your outfits match the theme of the videos 😂

[@JerrasGarden]

LOL wow I'm impressed you noticed. I put a lot of thought into these things.

[@robclower9606]

@@JerrasGarden It shows! I don't see really any other gardeners on KZbin do it. You should lean into it, I think it helps your channel stand out.

[@lesleetremel]

What types of broccoli did you harvest from in your video?

[@JerrasGarden]

An heirloom called Di Cicco. And I know I totally pronounced it incorrectly LOL. I have seeds on my website.

[@jstins]

Thumbnail got me here. I don’t even like broccoli.

[@enejkelecija7377]

How often do you water your watermelons 🍉 😂