Just a tip for future ...you gotta fertilise broccoli like you would flowers . In short you have 3 main elements in fertilizers : Nitrogen is for leaves Phosphorus is for flowers /fruit Potassium is for roots
All fertilizers have different ratios . Ie 3:1:2. Usually in the same order N:P:K (but not always so check)
You have a lot of leaf there and not much head. You need more head, (stop laughing) .ie: more phosphorus next time you plant .
If those tight little green nubs start to open - harvest it . You might get some side shoots later in the season you can harvest .
This has happened to me ....it's a learning curve . All veggies require different ratios of fertilizer . You just have to think of what it is you are growing the plant for : leaves? Fruit/flowers? Or roots ?
Edit: it can also get fancy ...like when they first start to grow you give them nitrogen for leaves to grow to feed the plant , THEN you switch it over to phosphorus for bud growth ....you know ...like weed🤗
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout 😂 Well no-one ....but have you seen how it grows in the wild ?...it's basically animal fodder.
Wild broccoli -
- SUPER leafy...and tiny flower heads (Lots of nitrogen)
Cultivated broccoli -
- less leaves ...and massive flower head . (Lots of phosphorus)'
We've spent thousands of years fine-tuning wild plants into what we optimally want. But its in their base genetic nature to revert back if we don't nurture them into what we want .
It's why we do all those seemingly fussy little things like prune, and tip, and fertilize ....all little pokes in the right direction .
Believe me, when you get the hang of it, there ain't nothing like fresh picked carrots or corn or strawberries ....the taste is so much sweeter and tastier .
If you want something super easy to grow ...go spuds. Ya just shove them in the ground, (or even a hay bale apparently)...and leave it . They make babies all by themselves, and you can dig them up whenever you want .
So you can leave them for months and have huge spuds ...or dig them up when they are small and have 'new potatoes'. Just so long as you leave a few in the ground - they keep multiplying . (Just don't let their soil get soggy or let them be exposed to sunlight - they go green)
It ain't as hard as it seems . Just learn one veggie at a time 🤷
You're doing really well. You shoulda seen my first broccoli 😆
I checked - to make it easy ...you need a 5:10:10 fert. Prolly also advertised as a 1:2:2 fert
