This Broccoli Raab/ Rapini is the "Cima de Rapa" strain. Also called "asparagus broccoli" in Italy, its tender shoots have a slightly spicy/peppery, broccoli-asparagus flavor that gives zing to salads, stir-fries and steamed dishes. Great as a very early spring crop.
Cook sprouts and leaves as you would broccoli, use thinnings in salads or stir fries. Connoisseur’s delight.
45 days
Approx 100 seeds per pack
Planting Instructions
Indoors: 6-8 weeks before last frost sow seeds 1/4 - 1/2" deep into peat pots to germinate in 10 days at 70 F. 2-3 weeks before last frost transplant seedlings into garden, 2 ft. apart, in rows 2-3 ft. apart.
Outdoors: In early spring sow seeds 1/4" deep in sun & rich soil, spacing as above. Sow outdoors in spring, and again in fall in mild climates. Harvest main heads while still compact and lateral side-shoots until killing frosts occur.
