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Broccoli
Romanesco
Romanesco is a visually stunning brassica with lime-green, spiralling fractal heads and a nutty, sweeter flavour than standard calabrese. It is technically a broccoli-cauliflower intermediate and requires similar growing conditions - fertile soil and consistent moisture. Best harvested when the head is tight and fully formed.
Key facts
- Growth habit
- upright
- Produce type
- head
- Support
- none
- Sun
- full sun
- Days to harvest
- 130–160 days
- Avg. yield
- 400-700 g per head
- Watering
- medium
- Frost sensitivity
- medium
For all broccoli issues and threats, see the Broccoli page.