Sowalong: Purple Sprouting Broccoli with Jack Wallington

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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Home & Garden, Leisure, Nature, Science

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today on Sowalong, designer, writer and gardener Jack Wallington shares his favourite veg to grow from seed – purple-sprouting broccoli. He has tips on how to get the most from this early and easy spring crop, that requires little attention once it’s in the ground and growing away. Producing heads for harvesting in the spring months known as ‘the hungry gap’, it’s a delicious and valuable addition to every veg plot, says Jack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Kevin Smith from BBC Gardner's World magazine. There's a brand new event this September,
0:05.6	In Conversation at Q Gardens. Join me, Adam Frost and Francis Toppill for expert tips and great chat.
0:13.3	Find out more at inconversationlive.co.uk.
0:18.3	My name's Meren, grower for Ginsters, and I'm looking for an onion masseuse to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
0:26.2	You must have, about ten years' experience, firm hands, but soft fingers, because we all know a relaxed onion is a tasty onion.
0:35.4	Ginsters taste the effort.
0:38.3	Interviews next Thursday in the onion field.
0:40.4	My name's Meren,
0:41.7	grower for Ginsters,
0:43.0	and I'm looking for an onion masseuse
0:44.7	to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
0:47.9	You must have,
0:48.9	about 10 years' experience,
0:50.9	firm hands, but soft fingers,
0:53.5	because we all know, a relaxed onion is a tasty onion.
0:57.1	Ginterests taste the effort.
1:00.0	Interviews next Thursday in the onion field.
1:05.2	Welcome to the Gardner's World magazine's Sewalong series,
1:08.6	the podcast that inspires you to grow more from seed. My favorite veg to grow from seed, of which is many, but I think the top one has to be early purple sprouting
1:45.2	broccoli. The reason why is because I love the colour of it, the purple sprouts. All through the
1:51.7	year, the plant actually looks quite beautiful growing on the veg plop. But it also, in spring,
1:56.3	when those sprouts start growing, they're beautiful purple, and they are absolutely delicious, as sweet as any of the
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