Well, the Green Goliath broccoli just aren't working out. Maybe because they were planted a bit later than the Packman and now the weather has definitely made a turn towards summer. The heads on the first four plants only got 3" wide before starting to loosen up compared to the 7" Packman heads.
The second four Goliaths have 1" buttons showing. However, Green Goliath will get another chance this fall. Sometimes cool weather things just don't do right in spring here and are better fall plants. If Green Goliath doesn't do well in the fall, I will put the remaining seeds up for adoption.
All eight Packman heads have now been cut and side shoots are coming regularly. So far I've cut one ounce shy of two pounds of side shoots from those eight plants in the last 19 days.