Have they bolted? Are they ruined?

I planted out 7 broccoli plants on the 26th May. But I noticed a couple of days ago what looks like the early signs of bolting. It has been hot in the north East of England and my veg patch is a sun trap. Once I noticed this, I mulched with bark but is it too late? Have they bolted? If they have, is it all over? Can I halt/reverse the process? TIA

 

I might be wrong but that doesn't look like broccoli to me.

 

- they are.

 

Hi,

Have to agree with @pete , they do not look like typical uk broccoli, can you say what variety they are, something special ?

 

They look like 'Chinese/Oriental' greens (but not Kai Lan) which are prone to bolting in hot dry weather.

 

No once they start to bolt thats it, be they onions lettuce, fennel or chinese greens they decide they need to produce seed and they go for it.
Traditional English sprouting broccoli is planted in the summer for harvest the next spring when the flowers are picked. It has fairly robust grey green leaves with a waxy look to them; in fact if you can get hold of some plants you are in plenty of time to crop them next spring.

 

+1

Agreed, it does not look like broccoli.

It looks very much like a leaf mustard, Chinese Gai Choy, that I grow. If so then the flowers will be yellow and are edible.

Chew one of the leaves - if the taste and texture is similar to cabbage (they are both brassicas) then it most likely will be a broccoli of some sort.

 

I dont know much about Chinese greens, but on the last picture there seems to be a swollen root developing, with a reddish tinge.

 

The last picture looks like beetroot.

 

Well kind of but its a different plant to some of the others.

 

Last pic is beetroot. Sorry, such small pictures on my phone. However the others are broccoli. Packets attached below.

 

Calabrese, is a summer broccoli as far as I know.
The broccoli I know is purple sprouting broccoli.
I did grow calabrese many years ago, but it was not that bright green and had a more usual cabbage coloured leaves.
I guess things must have changed.

 

The seeds may have been packaged incorrectly. Do the chew test and you will know for sure.

 

But it seems unlikely?
Two packet from different suppliers?

 

Broccoli Raab, not Broccoli Calabresse?