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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] CSA Broccoli Question and Fall Planting Questions
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:09:56 -0500 (CDT)

That's common with cauliflower, but I've never had that happen with brocolli.
When it happens in cauliflower, they're often called "button-heads" because
they aren't much larger than a button.

Bill


>I thought when a brocolli plant was exposed to sub-freezing
>temperatures that the heads would be very small.
William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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