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Originally Posted by Barb_FL
Jeremy, I followed Larry's method this past fall as well. I spaced mine 12" apart vs his 11 but that was only because I used the weed barrier cloth that had lines 12" apart running down it. My RB are 4'*12' (2 of these), 4'*8' so a total of 4'*32'.
I only recycled my beds twice vs Larry's 5 times (I think he had 5 harvests)
I always started in deep cells and transplanted later as Larry did. I did this to save on watering. I watered from above too.
I fertilized my bed with a combination of Plant Tone and Tomato Tone.
The only thing different I did than Larry was initially as I picked a head, I replaced the plant with a seedling. Later on, I stopped doing this as it was hard b/c pulling it through the weed barrier.
Also, later on I fertilized a few times with Neptune's Harvest Blend via the hose/sprayer.
We both had lots of 2nd/3rd heads that the plants produced at the end of the season.
Larry knows his stuff. I had 100 original heads and a significant # of 2nd/3rd heads.
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That is a significant point that Barb makes about a 2nd/3rd head. I have only experienced this with Castle Dome variety but it probably works for some other varieties as well.
My experience with say Packman is after the main head is cut then the plant would produce small side shoots. However, when I cut Castle Dome, even when I cut it fairly close to the soil, it produces new heads. Sometimes one of these heads will be close to as large as the original head.
However, this normally doesn't apply to me because as soon as possible I pull all plants to immediately make room for a new set of broccoli transplants.
Larry