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This is my first year of gardening having recently bought of first house with a garden. Growing a couple of my favourite vegetables, including broccoli!

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[โ€“] dojan 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's flowering. This plant has already long since sprouted.

Looks lovely though! Enjoy it! ๐Ÿฅฐ

[โ€“] turtle550 7 points 1 year ago

Ah thanks! I knew I wasn't using the right terminology but being a novice and all I wasn't sure how to best describe it. But you're right, it's lovely regardless ๐Ÿคฉ

[โ€“] TropicalDingdong 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice!

Watch out for aphids and white flies.

[โ€“] turtle550 4 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] fubo 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Every time I've tried to grow broccoli, it has been eaten by deer, rabbits, slugs, or aphids. May yours be free of these critters!

[โ€“] turtle550 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm in a daily battle with the snails, caterpillars and butterflies!

[โ€“] fubo 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yet, it was the broccoli that the butterflies, not locusts, favored first. For the Lord had ordained that this green shoot, with its crown like unto a tree, be the first to witness the might of His judgement. And lo, not a single stalk of broccoli remained; it was stripped bare, its beauty consumed, and its greenness vanished from the land of Egypt.

And the people lamented, for the broccoli had been a favored vegetable amongst them, rich in nourishment and taste. But the Lord's will was clear, and His signs undeniable. Through the consumption of the broccoli, the people of Egypt bore witness to the power and the fury of the Almighty.

[โ€“] turtle550 1 points 1 year ago

I know ๐Ÿ˜‚ at first I was like ohh look butterflies! The garden is coming back to life! Two days later.. ๐Ÿ˜ 

[โ€“] malloc 4 points 1 year ago

Got to grow it in a vertical farm ๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] FartsWithAnAccent 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations! Broccoli is awesome.

[โ€“] turtle550 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the best vegetable ๐Ÿคคโค๏ธ

[โ€“] FartsWithAnAccent 2 points 1 year ago

I won't tell asparagus you said that...

[โ€“] Gregorech 3 points 1 year ago

You've planted broccoli the aphid harvest will be plentiful this year.