These are in truth very small, secondary shoots. The main crop of PSB is still to come, although it is growing rapidly now.
With such a small quantity of PSB to play with, I felt I had better maximise the photo opportunity!
As well as the PSB, I have harvested my entire crop of Spring Onions:
Again, not much in terms of volume, but surprisingly good in terms of quality.
I'd say these are definitely "Salad Onions" - slim and mild-tasting, so you can eat them raw without major detriment to your breath and digestive system!
They look even better in the sunlight, don't they?
I'm entering this post for Harvest Monday, hosted by Daphne, over at Daphne's Dandelions.
I'm quite partial to a cheese and spring onion sandwich. When did you sow these? I'd like to get a nice early harvest in the future.
ReplyDeleteJo, you may be surprised to hear that those Spring Onions were sown in July! Not rapid developers...
DeleteI wonder whether the pigeons will have left us anything to harvest from our PSB?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful PSB. I've given up trying to grow it, It grows ok but it is particulary attractive to aphids, much more so than any other broccoli that I've ever grown. By the time the shoots are ready to harvest they are too infested and yucky and I just can't be bothered to be constanty spraying them with something. I'll just have to admire yours!
ReplyDeleteUsed to eat spring onions (we called them green onions) by cutting off the root end, dipping them in salt and eating them raw (same with radishes). I bought PSB seeds last year but never got around to starting and planting them to see if they would overwinter. This year I have Purple Peacock seed, not the same but maybe I will actually plant them.
ReplyDeleteThe PSB looks great, perhaps I should sow some... I succession plant Spring Onions all year - they do really well here and I love eating them. Had some this evening a top a Noodle Soup, also for lunch in a Vietnamese coleslaw.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to get my head around the fact that you have actually harvested something this early in the year! You work magic Mark! ;D
ReplyDeleteThey look so good too...you must be thrilled.
Yep, that sunshine does look good...I hope you see a little more this week.
very nice! And the bowl the broccoli is in is very nice too. We've another winter storm blowing through today - expecting 8" more snow during the day. Spring will have to wait.
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ReplyDeleteOur winter harvests haven't been too forthcoming at all!The PSB never really got going unfortunately..
Martin :)
Love the broccoli! Adding an avocado (mashed), hard boiled egg and some onions on top of whole wheat toast would be a delicious lunch.
ReplyDeleteYes the onions look beautiful in the light. I'm trying to get my bunching onions to flower every year and grow by themselves at the ends of the paths. I've got my fingers crossed. I use so little of them and they take so long to grow indoors before putting out.
ReplyDeleteThis is so annoying. I am growing the same variety as you and yet my psb shows no signs of producing anything yet. They really look such vigorous and healthy shoots - I don't know what you're doing Mark - but it is obviously working.
ReplyDeleteYour purple broccoli is just beautiful! I really need to branch out and try some new varieties!
ReplyDeleteYour PSB is a lot bigger than mine, I don't think I will bother next year,I prefer the real,green broccoli anyway. I found a tip about spring onions....if you bring them in and place in a jar of water,they will grow more leaves which taste like chives!
ReplyDeleteYour weather are so suitable PSB. Grown them before in Adelaide but they don't turn purple shoots at all.
ReplyDeleteMy PSB is growing, however, I don't know when to harvest. They fought against the winter frost & won. The shoots are small, like your photos, but will they get larger and how large before I harvest.
ReplyDeleteElyse, the PSB shoots never get very big, even on a big plant, but the key thing is to cut them before the flowers open. Get them when the buds are still tightly closed, and if they start to look loose, cut them immediately before they got long and stringy.
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