Brassicas

Avoid planting broccoli or other related brassicas in the same area year after year.

My first batch of lettuce planted out actually go in one of the beds dedicated to growing Brassicas.

Stephen Hurton, chair of Isleworth’s Park Road Allotment Association since 2016, said people with smaller plots “can’t grow potatoes or brassicas because you don’t have the space”.

When it comes to vegetables, you can feed most varieties, but it is best to avoid root vegetables and brassicas (such as broccoli and cauliflower).

I expect that sprouts, as with many other brassicas (cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower), have a bad rep because when overcooked, particularly by boiling, they are pretty ghastly – soft, waterlogged and a little sulphurous.

Drain the brassicas, then add them to the bowl.

Production The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) combines cabbage and other brassicas for reporting purposes.

Total world production of all brassicas for calendar year 2012 was convert.