I grew Purple Sprouting Broccoli and some crosses with Kai Lan in pots in the greenhouse a couple years ago. It sure was interesting but they took so long to sprout, and inhabited the 5 and 7 gallon pots which I had to put tomatoes in, eventually. It just was too much space and time to be a good fit with the tomato habit. Kai Lan is so much faster at 60 days, and just easier all round.
It's impossible to grow broccoli family here in the spring, summer, fall without a perfect row cover setup. So many cabbage butterflies, they take all the brassicas to the ground.

AdrianaG wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 4:35 am
...I read that Cabbage moths are territorial and if you put fake white moths on strings nearby it will deter them. I cut little white moths out of plastic and attached with thread to shishkabob sticks and they flutter in the wind like live moths.
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I hope you keep us updated on this experiment with fake moths. Can you post a pic of the ones you made? I'd like to try that here! Haven't seen any moths yet but it won't be long and I'd like to have them ready if not already deployed.