I know that sometimes it is not successful but I never set out broccoli plants until cool nights set in. The problem with fall broccoli here is that it has a tendency to head far too early and when the plants are far too small if they are set out when it is too hot or if an Indian Summer happens. You can't predict or prepare for an Indian Summer but I do hold out on planting most of my brassicas until it gets cooler. I just hat picking broccoli no large than a quarter or even smaller off six or seven inch tall plants. It is still hitting into the nineties nearly every day and I am very impatient to set the plants out but I am keeping them in the air conditioned greenhouse a bit longer. It is just too hot to set them outside except at night right now. I hope it cools down a bit more or I will not have much of a fall garden except for tomatoes and peppers.
Bill
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