Broccoli Trials

• Sown 8/15/06
• Transplanted 9/6/06
• Harvested weekly from 11/4 to 1/4
• Spacing; 2 rows on 60” bed @ 30”, 1 ft. between plants.
• Fertilizer: 12-0-0 Feathermeal
• Irrigation: Sprinkler
• Initial goal: look for head rot resistance, but had mostly dry weather, so compared yield and head size.

Varieties

• OSU OP--blue/green, dome, small beads.
• Umpqua--blue/green, flat dome, small beads.
• Packman--green dome,medium beads.
• Decicco--green flat, medium beads.
• Nutribud--green dome, larger, tight beads.
• Early Green--green flat, larger beads.
• Marathon--blue/green, dome, small beads.
• Waltham--green, semi-dome, small beads.

Broccoli Trial Data

Average Yield/Plant

Broccoli Yield-7 harvest dates

Broccoli Head Diameter

Broccoli Harvest 11/14-1/4