How to grow broccoli raab
Brassica ruvo
When to plant broccoli raab
Broccoli raab is a fast cool-season brassica grown for a spring or fall crop. Sow seeds in early spring for a spring crop, and again in mid to late summer for a fall crop (NC State).
Broccoli Raab is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Days to maturity
- 40 to 100 (from transplant)
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6 to 8
Common problems
- aphids
- flea beetles
- cabbage loopers
- cutworms
- clubroot
- white rust
- leaf spot
- bolting
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: Brassica rapa Ruvo Group (Broccoli Raab, Rapini)
- University of California Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County: Rapini (Broccoli Raab)
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