Zone 8 Brassicas:


Due to overnight temperatures forecasted this week at our central Pennsylvania greenhouse, we will have to move out the shipping date for your brassica plants to ensure their health on their shipping journey. Your brassica plants will now be shipping out beginning the week of 2/26/2023. We sincerely apologize for this delay. Fortunately, your brassicas can be planted as soon as you receive them this season and you can rest assured that they will thrive in your garden.

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Why did my broccoli not form a head or formed a tiny head?

The early development of a broccoli plant often affects head development; potted plants that were root bound before being planted out or transplants that experienced unusually cold temperatures after being planted out may blunt or button. Both experiences are considered transplant shock. 


Not forming a head is known as blunting and forming only a tiny head is known as buttoning.

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