How to Grow Broccoli In Containers - Complete Growing Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Broccoli is not something that crosses many gardeners' minds as
something that can or should be grown in containers, however, it is actually very easy to grow broccoli in containers! In fact, it is so easy, that I grow 3 broccoli in a single pot! This episode will show you how to do it and will discuss topics of container gardening like soil type, sunlight requirements, fertilizing, watering, spacing, and other care tips and tricks to getting amazing broccoli even from a porch, patio, or apartment! Get your urban garden growing today!
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6 years later would you still plant 3 plants per 3.5 gal pot or would you recommend they have more space?
Thank you for saying they don't need 2' of grow space! I love container gardening, because that's my only option on a balcony. Great video. Thanks! Keep up the awesome work!
Finally! A gardening TH-camr who a. lives in the same hardiness zone as me, and b. makes container videos! My partner and I just bought our first home, and should be closing in early Feb. Can't wait to start my first container garden this spring!
As a new grower due to 2020 boredom from the uk living three floors up, I LOVE THIS SERIES
I have been growing broccoli in containers. Never fail to get good harvest:-) Another great video.
You left out an extermely important part of your presentation about a container: Put holes in the container as this will serve as the drainage for the plant. You can put the holes on the bottom portion or on the sides. It’s best if the container is 10 inches deep as this will be large enough to accommodate the broccoli plant’s root growth.
it would be really great if you would do a follow up video and show us what to expect. you could update this video by merging the two together or just put in a follow up link. you give wonderful "how to" vids but showing us the result would be even more beneficial as we can know what will happen if we follow your advise before we waste a season to find it doesn't work.
Yup. I know it can be a little extra work and planning for other TH-cam gardeners but it does set those videos apart
Growing broccoli in containers does work and it's quite a good harvest I know because I grew purple broccoli that way
I realize it is kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to stream new series online?
@Otto Deacon Flixportal xD
@Lane Korbyn thank you, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I appreciate it !!
You just became my best friend. Broccoli is my favorite veggie.
Yay! Thanks for this! I am growing broccoli for the first time, and yes, in containers 😊 This video was very helpful and answered my questions - especially pot size and spacing! And of course, feeding 😊 Thank you so much!!
Perfect timing! I'm in zone 5 and am about to transplant my seedlings! Very useful info! Adding to favorites 😊
I started my broccoli and cauliflower a few weeks ago in solo cups. Thanks for make sure I transplant them into containers correctly. :)
My broccoli are huge. I can't imagine growing 3 per container. Thanks Luke
Do you get plenty of seeds from your harvests?
Im wondering how they look at the end. Im gonna see if he has a harvest video 😂😂😂
Im trying broccoli for the first time in pots. Your video helped. Thanks
Perfect video for me thats growing cauliflower and broccoli seedlings to plant on my balcony! Thank you!
Love it. I've grown in containers compact spacing like you're showing for a while now and I do get that screaming plant syndrome every time. Had 4 cabbages in a 12" diameter 5 gallon container recently. They push away from each other over the edges. I've noticed they don't grow as big though. No more 4 cabbages in 1 container any longer, but love the square foot idea in containers. Great job as always Luke.
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I grew it for the first time last year; and it was the best broccoli I ever tasted! This year will be my 2nd year growing and I’m excited! Thanks for the very helpful pointers. Note: I only use containers.
Hi Luke! I’ll be growing broccoli for the first time this year! I started it indoors already, but I didn’t realize it would germinate so quickly. It’s still small, but it’s growing under my grow lights. We won’t have our last frost until late February or early March. I’ll have to check to be sure, but I’ll harden them off and plant them outside in containers, three plants per container.
I’ve been watching your videos for many years now.
Thank you so much for sharing your gardening journey!
I LOVE broccoli and finally started some veggies this year. I have a yard but the best sun & level place is my deck. I made a planter out of a pallet for tomatoes & will add more. Out of my broccoli sprouts, 1 survived, it's a little late to plant & this is my learning curve year so I'm eager to learn how to help my little guy thrive & do better next year. Thanks! (I'm in Michigan). Also its trained a ton this week and it's been saturated so already getting useful info! Excited to finish the vid
Thank you very much for this amazing video! I am growing broccoli in container and I'm a newbie in gardening, but so far so good. It's growing so beautiful.
Please do a video on using grow bags and grow bags indoors. I live in an apartment and grow using grow bags outdoors. Please do a video on grow bags.
Weekend plans...Binge watch MIGardener
Hi, New Zealand here. Thank you for an excellent video. I only grow in pots, and this has helped very much!
Love gardening!
1st time growing broccoli 🥦 thank you for the great info
Yes definitely trying to grow my own.
I just got some broccoli seedlings at the farmers market yesterday, I am about to follow this video exactly.
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome channel! You cover so much appreciate it man!
You’re the best Luke!!
Your videos are amazing. thank you so much!
Inspiring! will transplant my broccoli seedlings now.
this vid made me want to grow this! thanks
Trying it! Thanks!!!
Just saw a gal talk about sticking to Fall broccoli since they bolt once over 80°. It’s very complicated to learn how to garden. My head is swimming since Jan, but love it! 😂
I am growing everything in pots. I have very limited sun in my small backyard. So containers, hopefully will work for me. Have only grown tomatoes and that was years ago. Growing them now in containers and what to do broccoli and cauliflower too. Thanks for doing all your videos. You have helped me tremendously. Ordering the trifecta from you now. Ordered some seeds from you already but you were out of most of what I wanted. I waited too long to order. Playing this by ear this year. Hopefully next year I will do more planning ahead for spring veggies.
Wow, I was doing everything wrong. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the tips!
I LOVE your channel, and I've learned so much (thank you!). but 2 weeks ago I found out my military hubs got orders for Japan. I love the country, but my green heart started to wilt knowing I won't have the property space 😕. so thank you for starting this series! I can defiantly do pots no matter what! will you be (or have you)covered/ing pot growing spices?
Thank you. Very informational
I am going to give this a whirl. I am growing in Arizona. I have never been successful with Broccoli. However I feel armed with all this new knowledge! I am going to try again and use containers this time:) Thank you!
OMG THIS IS amazing dude and it is sooooo easy the Mr. IM gardener
Wow I wouldn't have thought they could be grown in containers thanks.
Thank you so much MI.... A friend gave me some broccoli seedlings ... I didn't want them ... way too ADVANCED GARDENING for me. I'd given her some tomato seedlings, so I felt obligated to take the broccoli. Thank you so much for container sizes. It's so hard to find such information. I put three plants per 3.5gal container (nursery sizing 5gal) they are doing BEAUTIFULLY. Taste great and more sshoots on the way. I'm thinking that the variety is Waltham .... heirloom. My only trouble is that they HATE full sun and begin to wilt in 5 minutes and I feel too sorry for them to suffer, so I move the contianers into the shade every time. Great muscle building for small .... persons. Gardening takes a LOT of TIME. No time for ANYTHING ELSE. Thanks for all videos.
Going to try it next year
I looooooooove brocolli with ranch allllll day !!!!!
Thank you so much for all your information.
Thanks for the tips. I'm trying this for the first time. I water all my plants twice daily so I'll water my own less often. I live in the Caribbean so there's a lot of sunlight. I think I'll have to move it out of the sun and give it more shade.
hello mIgardener thanks! I'm waiting for this for a while please make a video on strawberry corn. thank you again
_great! Thank you!_
I learn so much from you. Columbus-raised bed.
Pretty excited to try this. Although it is late late August! My broccoli seeds will be here Sept 4 so here's hoping!
Good info!
Thank you
That was helpful
I tried broccoli in container, but only one plant per container. The plant got huge and I was able to get a decent size broccoli. Better than I expected. I look forward to seeing how these plants develop. Nice video!!
I'm only doing one per container also.
'm only doing one per container also.
Thanks my broccoli just sprouted with 3-4 leaves so I could tell it was time to re plant them. I also need to re plant my orchids. I can always tell it’s time to replant when I see sprouts or roots above soil
My favorite go to guy when I have no idea what I am doing!
Awesome, I was wondering about this topic. Where I live we get those little flea beetles very badly because of the canola farming all around. I was hoping I could do my brassicas in pots to make them easier to net.
A few things I wish you included in your growing guides:
1. When to start the plant: either indoors as a seedling or by direct seed sowing and then when to plant outside as a seedling (X number of weeks before or after first or last frost in our area).
2. What are the most common issues that this plant can have (early on and all the way up to harvest) and either how to identify those problems early and how to address them or further resources for this information.
3. A screenshot of basic facts like: typical days to maturity of the average variety, sun preferences, soil preferences, watering preferences, hardiness, ideal season to grow in (spring, summer, fall, winter).
Ideally spring or early fall. They dont like high heat. They're a cool weather plant
Pretty cool, I love broccoli :-)
I "do" love your videos particularly those for container vegetables. With that said, I really wish you could augment those videos once plants have "matured". Its really hard to believe you got heads on those 3 broccoli plants in a pot that small. Make a believer out of me and show these plants through fruition, PLEASE!! I'm dying to see them.
We did though.... It is completely possible and if I am back at my parents home before they mature then you will get to see them. until then, you can believe me because I have zero reason to lie to you and lie to myself.
yes MI please do updates on your container guides! it's extremely interesting and inspiring to watch, and we want to follow up how plants are doing! ps: did you tried to grow artichoke in container?
This was probably your worst video, a lot of misinformation here. The closer you plant broccoli together the smaller the heads get. If you grow 3 broccoli florets in that small of a pot you wont get a head, and if you do it will be the size of a quarter. I'm not surprised you didn't show an update on these broccoli to prove you can get heads from it.
DKenUCLA sureeeee please link to your video with all the "correct" info.
+DKenUCLA
Your ignoring the part where he said you want to give it trifecta+
Thnk you...
Thank
luke, thank-you for your information, I watched your spinach video, I live in Washington State, can I still grow spinach after the beginning of June, if they are somewhat shaded?. thank you. Sincerely Rick. oh, pray the best to your new addition to your family. Pray your wife is doing well
I'm so disappointed. Google said not in full sun better in shade! Facepalm! I'm going to move my containers now 🤦🏽♂️
Club root sounds like the name of a punk rock band. lol
love when i see my favorite content creators in the random corners of youtube
Clubroot is or was an elctronic music producer... I bought a few songs back in the day
I live in south Texas and so what I found to help with the watering issue is to much especially with straw and for the soil that I use for my containers was Peat Moss, that was sourced from Canada where they have an endless supply because they actually produce more peat Moss a year than they harvest, then compost then my native soil which is Sandy Clay and I mix it until the drainage is it under 2 to 3 minutes and then I mulch 2-3 inches with straw or some aspen pet bedding any soil stays moist so far for couple of weeks that I rarely have to water
This is great to know. I just planted some brussel sprout seeds and was wondering if I bit off more than I could chew in terms of where to pot them. I have very limited space since my "garden" is an apartment balcony. This video series is great. Keep them coming.
Be warned...but this is 2 years after the fact, Brussels sprouts plant get HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I keep some plants in my room. I have a large window. I hope that helps. 😃 i used a raised shelves to extend off the window sills. But larger pots like the one in this video have to be on the balcony
@@intuit5767- thanks for the warning! I was sitting here thinking of the small size of a single Brussel sprout and thinking i could plant like 6 in the same amount of space! 😂 I never realized how big the actual plant might get!
Can you use both Trifecta+ and worm compost tea? Overkill?
Thanks for demystifying this topic I just got broccoli cauliflower and brussel sprouts that I put into grow bags and I out the broccoli and cauliflower in a 10 gallon brow bag with spinach.. I feel like I should separate them now though there are 4 broccolis and 4 cauliflowers in there so I'll probably split them up. Can spinach and brussel sprouts work in the same container?
wow im already subscribed
Did you ever grow onions or garlic in containers till harvest
It would be great to see that!
Has anyone tried this method from start to finish?
Thanks 😏🙏
Paint the containers White or put the in white bags. It will reflect the heat and lessen water loss.✌️🤟🌱
Is this the same type of soil you talk about in your other videos for carrots and lettuce?
Hey. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you harvest broccoli. Next time you do a harvest video could you harvest some broccoli please
Do you put the trifecta plus in when you plant them or wait a month before doing that?
Brought some seeds from your store germinate perfectly, did a video on it, see vid at tress boss planting broccoli
Recommended cauliflower or Brussels sprouts for containers??
i wonder about that spacing I would probably want to put four plants in I just feel like its uneven but will it just be too cramped?
I'm not having such great luck growing broccoli in containers yet, it's my first season. To be honest I had a sprouting mix that I planted for microgreens and it got overgrown and the broccoli was part of the mix so I'm not sure what kind of broccoli it is. I pulled everything else out perhaps they're still growing too close together. I live in Los Angeles so I think I'll have to wait again until the fall.
I'm getting lots of leaves and not many flowers or heads at all. I'm thinking of just dehydrating the leaves like kale chips and starting it over with your excellent guidance.. and maybe better seeds. Thank you.
Hi, Luke!! Any chance you could do a video on growing broccoli raab?
It grows exactly the same....
I want to grow the romanesco broccoli and some of the videos ive seen the plant gets pretty big. With the leaves would that variety still be ok with more than 1 plant per pot of rhat size?
I also laugh at 2 foot spacing!
Hahahahaha!
Those spacing fools.
I NO LONGER LAUGH AT SPACING!!!
I did a experiment.
Three 15" inch pots one with 3 broccoli another pot with 2 broccoli and the last pot with one broccoli.
The pot with 1 gave me by far the biggest harvest.
The pot with 3 gave me the smallest harvest.
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What’s are overall fertilizers to use for different vegetables?
I live in Alabama, when should I start the broccoli?
Will it be too soon to plant my seeds in TN. zone 8? in July for a fall crop or will the temps kill them?😎
One of mine immediately bolted in the heat. The other five didn’t take. Had to get starts. Once I have a grow light, timing might be easier rather than direct sowing.
Can you do an episode on broccoli rabe?
Do you suggest fertilizing every month using Trifecta+ as well?
Hello. Im new to gardening stuff... what wa sthe fertilizer that he was talking about that has nitrogen and can be used in most plants?
I'm curious about fertilizer for theese three plants in one container? How much? How often?
Can I sow my seeds directly in the final container?
Does the two feet spacing still apply to the zuccini and cucumbers? Thanks!
I will be growing broccoli in containers for the first time this fall.
My babies I bought look like they're dying a little. The stalks are healthy looking but the leaves are turning white and kind of wilty. I also feel like the base of the plant keeps becoming uncovered, but I don't know how (wind maybe? I don't think I packed down the soil a lot). Do you think it's not getting enough sun? I planted them early for my area (zone 5) and it's had a huge mix of 40-75 degrees too. I bring it inside sometimes because it gets to like 34 at night still here. =/
What fertilizer do you recommend? 😊
Do you suppose it will grow in a tropical climate, like in India? Would I need to put the pot in shade, given that it's very bright and very hot out here??
I would think that one larger plant would produce a greater harvest than 3 smaller plants would so it's not exactly a waste of a sq ft. I guess with the smaller plants you have backups if you lose one or two of the others, that's one advantage to this method I can see. I'm considering growing some broccoli in containers to save space in my garden so thanks for the video.