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Broccoli in Newfoundland
Cool weather produces tight heads. Protect young plants from root maggot.
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- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- ~6 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~1 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates brief light frost
- Days to harvest
- 55–80 days
- Sunlight
- 4–6+ hours
- Spacing
- 45 cm apart
- Wind
- Moderate — some shelter helps
- Containers
- Better in beds
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Root maggot
- Cabbage worm
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Side-shoot-producing types
Harvest
Cut the main head while tight; side shoots follow.
Will broccoli work in your garden?
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