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[Keith B <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Has anyone grown saved broccoli seed? I collected a handful of pods last 
fall and though I have seen it go to seed before, usually pulled the 
entire plants after their first heading and tossed them in the compost 
pile. Not so last year. I left them in the cole crop patch along with 
brussels sprouts and cauliflower and one lone red cabbage until the new 
year. The broccoli grew several more though smaller tops which I turned 
to salad and pickles. Then the seed pods appeared. I clipped several 
dozen pods and bagged them, hung them from the ceiling to further dry, 
now wonder if the forthcoming plants might be quick to bolt? Shouldn't 
it be two seasons before they go to seed like the other brassicas? Will 
the seed be even fertile? They appear dark and solid though few per pod.