Broccoli

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  1. Gay Gardener

    Gay Gardener Total Gardener

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    Been away a month and naturally some problems on my return one of which is my purple sprouting broccoli which has done a runner a bit. Are these done for and I should just dig up? Or can I salvage something? There appears to be only 2 plants which actually how flowers on them.

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  2. Trunky

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    I'd dig them up GG. Once they've bolted like that they're unlikely to produce any more usable new shoots.
    If you take them out, it will also allow more light to reach the other brassica plants you have in there, and large brassica plants also suck up a lot of moisture from the soil, so less competition for that too.
     
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