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  • From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli head discoloration
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:09:05 -0500

You may have had a fungal disease, downy mildew. Under those conditions
resistance weaknesses will show up.

Bill
William H. Shoemaker
Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - Crop Sciences
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174
630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610
wshoemak AT illinois.edu

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Marty Kraft
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:24 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Broccoli head discoloration

I planted Bellstar from Johnny's and was disappointed. The heads did
not seem uniform and were smaller than i would have liked. It rained
a lot here in Kansas City. When i split open up the head many of the
inner flowers were brownish black like they had some mould or
something. I tossed them. I think i'll get a different variety next
time.

Marty
On Jun 16, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Erin Bullock wrote:

> My early broccoli heads look really weird this year. Variety is "Blue
> Wind". The growth of the beads is very non-uniform (some tight, some
> large), and some of the beads are turning yellow & even pink. Last
> year this variety made really nice bluish-green compact heads, but
> these are rainbow-colored almost! I'm not sure they're still
> marketable. I am guessing it has to do with the incredibly hot & dry
> May we had, before they started making heads. Then we got a lot of
> rain all at once in June. Is there also some deficiency in my soil
> maybe? Anyone have an idea about this? Thanks!
>
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> Erin Bullock, Mud Creek Farm, Victor, NY
> www.mudcreekfarm.com
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