You’re welcome Cassandra, I’m glad the video was helpful for you, nothing healthier than those tasty greens, I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Good to know that leaves are safe to eat. One of the reason i did not care to grow broccoli was because it seemed a waste of time and space for just the rosette broccoli. Thanks for great info.
I'm growing broccoli and cauliflower for the first time this year, and my broccoli is so tall! It's flowering, and so I don't think it's going to give me any heads....any reason for this? I'm not upset because I'm honestly just proud they survived past being seedlings!
Hi Katie, usually when a fruit bearing plant produces mostly leaves and not much fruit it’s because of too much nitrogen in the soil. On fruit bearing plants such as tomatoes broccoli, peppers etc. you usually want to keep the nitrogen low and phosphorus and potassium a little bit higher. On the other hand leafy greens love a lot of nitrogen! I hope this helps!
@Plant-Smart Living w/ Farmer Fred Detwiler 👋 hi! - This is my first year growing broccoli. The heads were so small, I thought I should wait until they got larger but then they just all turned to flowers and very tall. If I cut the flowers and tall stems, will I still get smaller offshoots of broccoli? Or should I just pull out the whole plant? Actually thank you for this info I’m going to start eating the leaves! Thank you so much for your calm kindness 🥰
Hi Sandy, thank you for your kind words, broccoli is a cool weather crop so when the warm weather comes they start to bolt and turn to seed, You could try cutting the tall stems back and see if you get some side shoots of broccoli. I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Mariana Geamanu Me the same, except l cook them with a bit of water instead using saturated fat. I feel, why eat all this goodness and then ruin it with olive oil.
Great video! We harvested our first heads and are periodically harvesting the secondary shoots that come up. Does leaving the large leaves on the plant make for bigger secondary broccoli heads, or does thinning out the larger leaves after the shoots have started allow for more sun penetration and thus bigger secondary heads? Thank you for this awesome video! God bless!
@@PlantSmartLivingNOW It was SO yummy. I went for the smaller more tender leaves and they were so silky when steamed and added to my rice and dal and more.
Thanks, Farmer Fred. I especially appreciated how you pulled the leaf off the stem. I had no idea that broccoli leaves are so nutritious. My little neighborhood where I live, this woman has a garden, and allows us to harvest what we wish. I selected a nice little broccoli stock today and was looking at those beautiful big leaves. Thank you for letting me know they are good.
I just started doing this! My broccoli overwintered, and at first I thought it was collards! But lo and behold, I saw little broccoli heads forming! I then googled to see if broccoli leaves were edible, why would they be, but wanted to be sure! Thanks!
I went to take some home from my community garden and some of the other gardeners thought I was crazy when I said don't just throw those leaves away but eat them. Glad I'm not the only one that see's the leaves and a nutritious leafy green food.
I try not to waste anything in the garden if I can… here's an article I did why you should eat broccoli leaves… www.plantsmartliving.com/blog/top-10-reasons-why-you-should-eat-broccoli-leaves
Thanks 🙏🏽 I’m doing that now ,because my broccoli plants didn’t produced the broccoli florets 🥦 itself. Only leaves🍃, and the stems are very hard so I’ll plant more and just consume them, the same way until one day the florets comes out
I thought you were holding a turnip green leaf. But, I too cook my broccoli leaves too. But, I cook them like collard greens. I always have.. Thanks for sharing
I eat brokely leaves and coliflower and turnip and radish and squash and carrots and peas also the flowers I don't waist nothing. And beat leaves and so many others like sweet potatoes , I also eat nasturtiums leaves and flowers . They so yummy I eat the stalks my favourite bit . X
Thank you FF! Perhaps next year I can get to my broccoli leaves before the bugs do. I would love to try them, I’m guessing they are loaded with vitamins.
Good evening gentleman. We have various plants but not growing satisfactorily. Could you please guide me what is needed to get good amount of vegetables.
Hi Christina, yes, it’s still OK to eat the leaves when the plants are young, I usually wait till the plants are around 6 inches tall or a little bit more and pick a few leaves from each plant.
Hi Hamsa, it sounds like you have too much nitrogen in your soil, when you have too much nitrogen in your soil you get mostly leaf growth and not much fruit growth, all your leafy greens like a lot of nitrogen but any plant that bears fruit likes more phosphorus and potassium. I hope this helps and I hope you have a bountiful garden season! 😊
I grow some broccoli close together and cut the leafs while small and tender for my salad. They taste great and real tender no cooking needed, just wash and eat in salad. I will let some go to become large.
Since it's untested, I'm not sure how floret and leave compare in glucosinolate level, but for calcium, leaves are higher than any other common vegetable, I believe around 350 mg per 100g, varying with conditions such as soil. The highest I know of should be 600-700+ mg per 100 grams though you'd need to eat wild plants that people here no longer pick. It's worth finding out what they are; you likely have many growing as weeds. The nutrition of the stronger tasting often very bitter wild greens make them well worth study.
I love the leaves of the Rutabaga. They're so mild but taste like greens. I've never tried the Broccoli leaves. I think I'm going to try my hand at Broccoli in my Fall garden. Hey, if WebCajun can grow it in his Zone 8 garden, I feel certain, maybe, I can at least try... :-)
my stepfather planted greens and cabbage at the top of the plant looks like broccoli so I would like to know to collard greens or any greens produce broccoli
Hi , mine just abt 3 months but no sign of flower, and today dad's friend told us we can eat the leaves, if we do so, will that effect the growth of the flower?
I never knew you could eat broccoli leaves. I am a 1st year of growing my own broccoli and wonder if you could eat the large leaves since they grow with the broccoli N came to YTU and seen that you can😮😊❤
Hi Sir, I envy your farm 😊 I have a question. I our farm, I cannot really grow fruits and vegetables because of the squirrels 🐿, mole, rabbits, and different kind of birds 🦅. When my Plums and cherries are starting to flower, they eat them too 😢 I will appreciate any tips? 💕 Californian here 🇺🇸
seems some animals also love it. my small crop gets eaten every night. could be rats, possum, or raccoon? Spotted these animals in my neighborhood and mounted a camera but still no luck with motion detection. guess I'll just set recording for continuous.
Hi Johnson, I plant a lot of my vegetables under a low tunnel hoop house in order to keep bugs, squirrels, and rabbit off the plants, and they really do well under these little tunnels. I have a couple videos to show how to install them if that would be a help to you!
Thank you for posting this! I cut my broccoli leaves today and mixed it with my collards when I cooked them. SOOOO delicious!
You’re welcome Cassandra, I’m glad the video was helpful for you, nothing healthier than those tasty greens, I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Good to know that leaves are safe to eat. One of the reason i did not care to grow broccoli was because it seemed a waste of time and space for just the rosette broccoli. Thanks for great info.
You’re welcome margarita and thanks for stopping by and sharing!
I'm growing broccoli and cauliflower for the first time this year, and my broccoli is so tall! It's flowering, and so I don't think it's going to give me any heads....any reason for this? I'm not upset because I'm honestly just proud they survived past being seedlings!
Hi Katie, usually when a fruit bearing plant produces mostly leaves and not much fruit it’s because of too much nitrogen in the soil. On fruit bearing plants such as tomatoes broccoli, peppers etc. you usually want to keep the nitrogen low and phosphorus and potassium a little bit higher. On the other hand leafy greens love a lot of nitrogen! I hope this helps!
@@PlantSmartLivingNOW thanks for the answer, I have the same problem 🥴
@Plant-Smart Living w/ Farmer Fred Detwiler 👋 hi! - This is my first year growing broccoli. The heads were so small, I thought I should wait until they got larger but then they just all turned to flowers and very tall. If I cut the flowers and tall stems, will I still get smaller offshoots of broccoli? Or should I just pull out the whole plant? Actually thank you for this info I’m going to start eating the leaves! Thank you so much for your calm kindness 🥰
Hi Sandy, thank you for your kind words, broccoli is a cool weather crop so when the warm weather comes they start to bolt and turn to seed, You could try cutting the tall stems back and see if you get some side shoots of broccoli. I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Getting seeds is a bonus for next year. ♡
Yes they are delicious.I cook them (without the stem)with olive oil,garlic and hot pepper ☺
Mariana Geamanu Me the same, except l cook them with a bit of water instead using saturated fat. I feel, why eat all this goodness and then ruin it with olive oil.
Thanks for making this video! I have big broccoli and cabbage leaves but no heads thus far. Your Garden arrangement is very nice 👍
You’re welcome Faith and thank you for your kind words and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Info was very helpful and encouraged me to cook some. Tks again...great garden 👍
Me too 😢😊
Great video! We harvested our first heads and are periodically harvesting the secondary shoots that come up. Does leaving the large leaves on the plant make for bigger secondary broccoli heads, or does thinning out the larger leaves after the shoots have started allow for more sun penetration and thus bigger secondary heads? Thank you for this awesome video! God bless!
Thanks Fred. I've just harvested some broccoli and thought it was such a shame to waste the leaves. Looking forward to trying them tonight.
You’re welcome Mary and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
The leaves were good. Very rich flavour. I froze a few bagfuls.
Great! I was thinking I have SO many leaves on my broccoli plant -- can't I simply eat them? And I can so thanks! Gonna do it NOW!
You’re welcome Tara, I’m glad the video was helpful for you and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
@@PlantSmartLivingNOW It was SO yummy. I went for the smaller more tender leaves and they were so silky when steamed and added to my rice and dal and more.
Awesome! I never thought of eating the broccoli leaves too! I’ll be trying it now!
I am subscribing. A calm and no nonsense approach. Thank you
You’re welcome Anthony and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Brilliant. I am inspired as I ahve never considered eating the leaves. Thank you!
You’re welcome and thanks for stopping by and sharing!
I've never considered this. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome and thank you for stopping by and sharing!
Thanks, Farmer Fred!
You’re welcome and thank you for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Thanks, Farmer Fred. I especially appreciated how you pulled the leaf off the stem. I had no idea that broccoli leaves are so nutritious. My little neighborhood where I live, this woman has a garden, and allows us to harvest what we wish. I selected a nice little broccoli stock today and was looking at those beautiful big leaves. Thank you for letting me know they are good.
i’m glad that the video was helpful for you and I hope you have a wonderful day!
I am eating some brocoli leaves as I type
It's yummy😋
I just started doing this! My broccoli overwintered, and at first I thought it was collards! But lo and behold, I saw little broccoli heads forming! I then googled to see if broccoli leaves were edible, why would they be, but wanted to be sure! Thanks!
You’re welcome! 😊
thank you I thought I was the only one to do this
I went to take some home from my community garden and some of the other gardeners thought I was crazy when I said don't just throw those leaves away but eat them. Glad I'm not the only one that see's the leaves and a nutritious leafy green food.
I try not to waste anything in the garden if I can… here's an article I did why you should eat broccoli leaves… www.plantsmartliving.com/blog/top-10-reasons-why-you-should-eat-broccoli-leaves
Thanks 🙏🏽 I’m doing that now ,because my broccoli plants didn’t produced the broccoli florets 🥦 itself. Only leaves🍃, and the stems are very hard so I’ll plant more and just consume them, the same way until one day the florets comes out
Thanks Monique for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
thanks for the info...now i know that the leaves of bruccoli is benificial.
You’re welcome Melinda, I’m glad the video was helpful and I hope you have a wonderful day!
I always include broccoli stem and leaves in my menus, chicken broccoli etcetara etcetara. Lovin that green color and packed with nutrients
Thanks for stopping by and sharing!
my chickens love these broccoli leaves cut up
Humble, peaceful, lovely !
Thanks Fred and pooch !
You're welcome and thanks for your encouraging words and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Cauliflower leaves are another consideration. Delicious.
Thanks for stopping by and offering your comment!
really? wow cool..
Good for juicing too?
Thanks for your reply. You have short growing seasons there. I grew up near Pittsburgh. Have a good day and life.
I thought you were holding a turnip green leaf. But, I too cook my broccoli leaves too. But, I cook them like collard greens. I always have.. Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome Wanda and thank you for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
What a beautiful bed of broccoli! I think I would pass out from joy if I had something like that. ~smile!
Thank you!
I eat brokely leaves and coliflower and turnip and radish and squash and carrots and peas also the flowers I don't waist nothing.
And beat leaves and so many others like sweet potatoes , I also eat nasturtiums leaves and flowers . They so yummy I eat the stalks my favourite bit . X
Thanks for stopping by and sharing! 😊
THANK YOU FOR SHARING , NOW I EAT THE BROCCOLI LEAVES !!!
You’re welcome, thanks for stopping by and sharing! 😊
Thank you FF! Perhaps next year I can get to my broccoli leaves before the bugs do. I would love to try them, I’m guessing they are loaded with vitamins.
Hi Kimberly, yes broccoli leaves are filled with vitamins and minerals and all kinds of goodies, thanks for stopping by and sharing. 😊
Thanks for the advice
Just found your channel. Thanks for the great tips. New to growing calabrese broccoli. Your little dog in video is so sweet! 💕from Ky.
You’re welcome Patricia, thank you for your kind words and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Good evening gentleman. We have various plants but not growing satisfactorily. Could you please guide me what is needed to get good amount of vegetables.
I ate em up! :)
Thanks Farmer Fred. 😊
Southern California U.S.A. TH-cam
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Wow 🤩 I had no idea thanks
You’re welcome and I hope you have a bountiful garden season! 😊
Hi so if the broccoli is not fully grown, is it still ok to eat a few leaves x
Hi Christina, yes, it’s still OK to eat the leaves when the plants are young, I usually wait till the plants are around 6 inches tall or a little bit more and pick a few leaves from each plant.
Thanks for the advice. I have big beautiful leaves but never knew they were edible. Will have some today.
You’re welcome and thank you for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Lovely garden, lot of leaves on my broccoli plants but no veg even after 3 months....what could be the reason
Hi Hamsa, it sounds like you have too much nitrogen in your soil, when you have too much nitrogen in your soil you get mostly leaf growth and not much fruit growth, all your leafy greens like a lot of nitrogen but any plant that bears fruit likes more phosphorus and potassium. I hope this helps and I hope you have a bountiful garden season! 😊
@@PlantSmartLivingNOW Thankyou so much for the information
Did get a head n side shoots finally one by one, though the heads are not full n tight...not sure if it's such a variety
I wish they sold all the leaves. I love turnip leaves but I can't ever get hold of them. Interesting, thanks!
Your welcome!
Cool thanks :) simple & smart :)
I grow some broccoli close together and cut the leafs while small and tender for my salad. They taste great and real tender no cooking needed, just wash and eat in salad.
I will let some go to become large.
Can I eat a few broccoli leafs before the head starts to grow???
Hi Maryann, yes, you can start taking a leaf or two from each plant maybe when the plant gets about 6 to 12 inches tall.
Much appreciated
Since it's untested, I'm not sure how floret and leave compare in glucosinolate level, but for calcium, leaves are higher than any other common vegetable, I believe around 350 mg per 100g, varying with conditions such as soil. The highest I know of should be 600-700+ mg per 100 grams though you'd need to eat wild plants that people here no longer pick. It's worth finding out what they are; you likely have many growing as weeds. The nutrition of the stronger tasting often very bitter wild greens make them well worth study.
+gariyas. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your information and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Thanks for the information Fred.
+Thomas Lee Brown ...you're welcome and thank you for stopping by and commenting and I hope you have a wonderful day!
My favourite leafy green to eat is broccoli leaves
They are tasty, thanks for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Nice vid. When is it ok to harvest some leaves?
Hi Melissa, you can probably start harvesting your leaves from the plants when they are around 8 inches tall
Great video, thank you for sharing 😊 new subscriber from Australia 😊
thanks for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
Thanks sir for info.
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️
You’re welcome and thanks for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
I love the leaves of the Rutabaga. They're so mild but taste like greens. I've never tried the Broccoli leaves. I think I'm going to try my hand at Broccoli in my Fall garden. Hey, if WebCajun can grow it in his Zone 8 garden, I feel certain, maybe, I can at least try... :-)
What can I do to control white mold that appear on the top of the flower of my broccoli
Thank big help. God bless you
Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful day!
my stepfather planted greens and cabbage at the top of the plant looks like broccoli so I would like to know to collard greens or any greens produce broccoli
Nice video and great info thanks
You’re welcome Graham and thank you for stopping by and sharing and I hope you have a bountiful garden season!
I saw these at the store....and I said hm....those look good lol
Janay Johnson they are good, I mixed them with my collards and my family love it.
He is the cutest💚🥦🌱
Thanks. ..👍👍👍👍👍
You’re welcome!
Wow glad I watched your video, will give this a try
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Hi , mine just abt 3 months but no sign of flower, and today dad's friend told us we can eat the leaves, if we do so, will that effect the growth of the flower?
Plus, some of the leaves have leaf miners...how to get of them, any tips?
Love you mate!
Thank Farmer Fred we just started growing Broccoli we shall eat the leaves .
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I never knew you could eat broccoli leaves. I am a 1st year of growing my own broccoli and wonder if you could eat the large leaves since they grow with the broccoli N came to YTU and seen that you can😮😊❤
I am glad the video was helpful, thanks for stopping by and sharing! 😊
Can we also eat the outer leaves of red cabbage
I see no reason why you shouldn’t be able to, just wash the leaves really good before you eat them.
Great
Hi Sir, I envy your farm 😊 I have a question. I our farm, I cannot really grow fruits and vegetables because of the squirrels 🐿, mole, rabbits, and different kind of birds 🦅. When my Plums and cherries are starting to flower, they eat them too 😢 I will appreciate any tips? 💕 Californian here 🇺🇸
Hi Great Video, but can you eat the leaves RAW like in a salad, or do they have to be cooked ? I can't find any good info on this.. thank you.
Thank you...I generally steam the leaves of my broccoli.
I eat them raw and they taste sweet especially the stems
I actually grew some broccoli that bolted so i cooked them the same as you would collards and they tasted10 times better than the collards!
Yes I tried it for the first time and they were sooo good
When is it good to pick the broccoli leaves
Hi Dianne, I would say whenever they are about the size of an adult hand or a little larger. 😊
Hello. You have a very good channel. What part of the country or world are you located in? Thank you in advance
The north east area of the United States!
Hello thank u so much vedio i learn from u this watching from Philippines am ut subcriber ur chanel youtube
Hi Elsie, thank you for stopping by and sharing and I hope that you have a bountiful garden season!
thank you
Juice my broccoli leaves and stems.
Sounds like a good idea, thanks for stopping by and sharing!
But should i eat the leaves?
You can eat those leaves just like you would eat any leafy green from your garden!
seems some animals also love it. my small crop gets eaten every night. could be rats, possum, or raccoon? Spotted these animals in my neighborhood and mounted a camera but still no luck with motion detection. guess I'll just set recording for continuous.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing!
I have a whole backyard ..cant plant a thing for bugs.squirrels and rabbits oh and worms.. 😢
Hi Johnson, I plant a lot of my vegetables under a low tunnel hoop house in order to keep bugs, squirrels, and rabbit off the plants, and they really do well under these little tunnels. I have a couple videos to show how to install them if that would be a help to you!
@@PlantSmartLivingNOW sure..
I’ll bet you could use these as rolls like for sushi or something, just blanch the leaves first I’d think!
Thanks for stopping by and sharing! 😊
farmer Fred that was definitely some type of mustard and not a collard. other wise great and just trying to get where you are.
+Texbullnettle thanks for stopping by and commenting but just to clarify things this is definitely a Collard Green leaf...
sorry brother
U noticed that too
that is one huge broccoli leaf
Thank you!
awesome
👍😎🌏🇦🇺🆒
i just ate them raw in a salad