F1 Marathon

Description
One of the most reliable and long cropping of summer Calabrese. It produces medium size, uniform, dense heads on sturdy plants that will grow well in almost any soil. The large deep-green/blue heads are slow to run to seed and have good disease resistance.

Harvest
June to October

Growing Instructions
Plant 30cm apart in well drained soil in partial shade. Keep well watered until established and in dry weather. Protect from cabbage white butterfly in the summer months.

Tips
Steam rather than boil to keep their rich colour and vitamin count. Leaves also can be cooked and eaten as a winter green.
Calabrese and Broccoli - what’s the difference? Supermarkets, for whatever reason decided to swap the names around. So we just wanted to help clarify what’s what. Calabrese are smaller plants that will produce a large green crown/heads, they are grown from spring to early summer and crop the same year. Broccoli or sprouting broccoli is typically an over winter type that produces large plants with lots of small heads/florets/purple spears. These are grown from late spring to late summer and harvest from late winter to the following spring.