# Broccoli Grex Part 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Farmer Projects 2025\ **Tags:** brassicas, broccoli\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949 "2025-05-20T19:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![haystack](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/haystack/32/21622_2.png) [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949/1 "2025-05-20T19:29:00Z")
Broccoli Grex Part 2: A sprouting brassica olerecea journey. Cultivating THe Commons, LLC Amery, WI zone 4B of Northern WI. Certified Organic seed and vegetable farm > **[Cultivating the Commons: Organic vegetable, herb and flower seeds](https://ctcseeds.com/)** > > Organic, open pollinated vegetable, herb and flower seed grown in the Upper Midwest. Located in western Wisconsin, we steward a wide selection of open-pollinated seed varieties for your home or market garden. In my second grow-out, I’m hoping to make lots of wide broccoli crosses with new GRIN germplasm and any varieties that sprouts under spring sown conditions, in the Upper Midwest. This year’s main goal being to cross up as many as possible, make noted observations of each assession or variety, and grab seed from each variety for a balanced mix. This will likely be repeated in 2026. AFter that, selection will begin looking for diversity, good side shoot production, disease resistance or tolerance, and functionality in organic systems. | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Calabrese Green Sprouting | BCH | | | | Piracicaba | Desa | | | | Umqua | Territorial | | | | Nutribud | AS | | | | SpringSprouting | SS | | | | Solstice | RWS | | | | Steve’s Select | SIskiyou | | | | Ramoso Santana | Mary’s | | | | Broccoli Grex CO | CO | | | | Rudolph | Territorial | | | | Rasmus | BCH | | | | Piracicaba | AS | | | | Thompson | Territorial | | | | Purple Peacock | WGS | | | | Purple Sprouting | Burpee | | | | De Cicco | Ferry-Morse | | | | Blue Star Gai Lan | AS | | | | Piracicaba | SS | | | | Yod Fah | BCH | | | | Early Purple Sprouting | BCH | | | | Piracicaba | PCS | | | | Cavolo Broccolo Bronzino di Albenga | PI 687042 | | | | Atlantic | PI 687083 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo Precoce | PI 662711 | | | | Green Sprouting Early CT Strain | PI 687041 | | | | Broccoli Grande Precoce | PI 662712 | | | | Broc 3 | PI 662578 | | | | Broccoli Neri | PI 662531 | | | | No. 5879 | PI 141576 | | | | Violet Queen | PI 687059 | | | | G 33419 | G 33419 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo Ramoso Calabrese Prococe | PI 687043 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo Verde Calbrese | PI 687044 | | | | G 33420 | G 33420 | | | | Cabolo Broccolo Natalino di Sarno | PI 662533 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo di Sarno | PI 662534 | | | | G 28307 | PI 662520 | | | | Cavolo Ramoso Calabrese Precoce | PI 662530 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo Frevarota | PI 687045 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo di Sarno’ | PI 662713 | | | | Bhug-Gana | PI 249556 | | | | Broccolo Natale Pied Grande Liscio | PI 662532 | | | | Cavolo Cavolina Rizza | PI 662536 | | | | Cavolo Broccolo Marzullo | PI 687046 | | | | Broccolo di Minestra Spicata | PI 687047 | | | | Oregon State University OP Broccoli Mix | | | | ---
**Author:** ![haystack](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/haystack/32/21622_2.png) [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949/2 "2025-05-20T19:30:33Z")
![IMG_9833](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/2/2382215a1bc8f2199d245b899b47f15572d652f6.jpeg) ![IMG_9834](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/8/89622060564694cde9419fa32b035132cdccb2f2.jpeg) ![IMG_9835](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/0/025ef616d439fc4ff911923d3e8dd87ec445d0aa.jpeg) Nearly 45 varieties this year, plus last year’s GREX! ---
**Author:** ![Lowell\_McCampbell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/lowell_mccampbell/32/14925_2.png) [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949/3 "2025-05-26T20:01:56Z")
Wow, I love this. I missed out on planting cool-weather crops this year due to traveling, so I didn’t get your grex from EFN, but I’m really looking forward to trying what comes out of it this year. ---
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Welcome to July! Finished the final weeding before the broccoli’s big push. Drip tape is in place, early Contract Cabbage seed is done pollinating And broccoli is ready to start popping!! July 12 Saturday is our annual bloom tour! If you’re in the area, please stop by between 10 and two. ![IMG_0280](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/8/88e06fc3e5c08ab18aef00bba489f20695af16ff.jpeg) ![IMG_0277](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/4/4bba392c03de6ad9341962f11e7a04d36876c3dc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![haystack](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/haystack/32/21622_2.png) [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949/5 "2025-07-24T16:30:03Z")
Dear going to seed folks I’m pleased to see the broccoli go out moving along swiftly. At least Half the varieties are ready to start sprouting and/or are in bloom. I’ve taken a note on who’s not sprouting as they might be high vernaluzation Individuals. Here’s some pictures of the progress! Last year’s Grex looks great. Oregon State University’s Broccoli mix Looks good as well. There should be plenty of mixing this year. I’ll post more detailed photos on Google photo album later. Let me know how your 2024 Broccoli grex is doing! ![IMG_0557](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/3X/8/0/807b25b72d2de9379ec63cda78b361ccbb849c96.jpeg) ![IMG_0556](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/3X/7/1/7186072a0cd8459da2681ac846eef40b058a02ae.jpeg) ![IMG_0564](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/3X/3/1/31ba36e205f6eaa8dc6266c41387ff24fa483b73.jpeg) ![IMG_0576](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/3X/f/7/f7ad912570752ffba92531bd6f493797566e7d84.jpeg) ![IMG_0639](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/3X/0/3/037134f361cd7819c7bd0c41edeaedf0a4aa5c32.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![haystack](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/haystack/32/21622_2.png) [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949/6 "2026-01-03T23:24:24Z")
Dear G2S folks, Greetings from a Chilly and delightfully snowy Wisconsin!! ![PXL_20251231_140740162](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/3X/4/1/418036ca3e3dc5db66cd3ddc400476d7da7e7920.jpeg) A late wrap up here. MANY apologies!!😅 Sprouting Broccoli Grex Round 2 finished as well as it could. We had above average rain in very regular ppulses and spritzes, all summer long. That naturally fed into some disease that bounced out of hand. Most likely black rot and others. Some varieties did not fare much past July, some were champs, others were champs and had no seed! So an interesting year with mostly an exciting observation of 2024’s MIX which was relieving to see!! A beautiful mixture of differnt varieties, nearly all sprouting and making nice brocollini! YOu could see where purple peacock snuck in there, some serrated leaf genes snuck in there. A relief to see the up and coming mix. I also enjoyed seeing these other strains of Broccolo di Sarno, with their TALL stature and abundant sprouts and lacinato look. I collected info TWICE, on who struggled, who did well and who flowered and most likely made seed. 0 means bad, 3 was great. Eval was a mixture of you were good AND made seed and also, oooo you looked cool but flowered late, maybe you get a second chance. I might start the lately maturing ones 2-3 weeks earlier than rest and pot up and hope they flower sooner to contribute pollen. \*IF YOU HAVE ANY observation or SEED this year from the 2024 mix, **LET ME KNOW**!! \*\*Additionally, if you have any sprouting broccoli in your garden now(that isn’t Piracicaba!) and can send sprouts for rooting and adding to our mix LET ME KNOW! I’m intersted. I would loooove to add them next year. I”m hoping to build a real green house next year and plan to use the my temp one as a low tunnel over maturing seed plants next year. So expect high quality seed in abundance in YEAR 3! Very excited to approach the 3rd round of this project! | **Flat** | **Name** | **Company** | **1st check 7/21** | **2nd Check AUG?** | **Seed** | **Eval/Grow Again** | **Notes** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Calabrese Green Sprouting | BCH | ok | Barely made seed | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | Piracicaba | Desa | Huge | LOTS of seed | 3 | 3 | | | 1 | Umqua | Territorial | smallplants | no seed, dead | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | Nutribud | AS | 1/2 headed | no seed, dead | 0 | | | | 1 | SpringSprouting | SS | LOTS of Sprouts, early | no seed, dead | 0 | 1 | | | 1 | Solstice | RWS | NICED 4-8" heads | no seed, dead | 0 | 1 | | | 2 | Steve’s Select | SIskiyou | Early Uniform | no seed, dead | 0 | 1 | | | 2 | Ramoso Santana | Mary’s | Healthy,Late | still alive, flowering with buds in SEPT | 0 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 2 | Broccoli Grex CO | CO | Diverse Healthy Loose heads | alive | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | Rudolph | Territorial | Nothing, healthy | 1/2 dead | 0 | 1 | BIG | | 2 | Rasmus | BCH | A few heads, resiting bolting | no flowers/seeds | 0 | 1 | | | 2 | Piracicaba | AS | Lots of SHoots, but late | some seed | \*\* | 2 | | | 3 | Thompson | Territorial | A couple sprouts,1/2 of plants flowering | nada | 0 | 1 | | | 3 | Purple Peacock | WGS | Slow, Late | nada | 0 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 3 | Purple Sprouting | Burpee | Okay | nada | 0 | | | | 3 | De Cicco | Ferry-Morse | Some Early Heads, Med | made some seed | 2 | 2 | | | 3 | Blue Star Gai Lan | AS | Early BEEFY, Vigorous. TIpped over!! | | 2 | 2 | | | 3 | Piracicaba | SS | Just starting, BIG plants | | 3 | 3 | | | 4 | Yod Fah | BCH | Vigorous, Less beefy more stemmy | | 1 | 1 | | | 4 | Early Purple Sprouting | BCH | N/A | no seed | 0 | | | | 4 | Piracicaba | PCS | Just Starting, BIG plants | no seed | 0 | 0 | | | 4 | Cavolo Broccolo Bronzino di Albenga | PI 687042 | LRG plants, no heads | one smal purple head,no seed | 0 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 4 | Atlantic | PI 687083 | Smal, No heads | alive | 0 | 1 | | | 4 | Cavolo Broccolo Precoce | PI 662711 | Med | dead | 0 | 0 | | | 5 | Green Sprouting Early CT Strain | PI 687041 | LRGplants, side shooting | alive, flowered | 0 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 5 | Broccoli Grande Precoce | PI 662712 | Med Uniform, some sprouts | dead | 0 | 0 | | | 5 | Broc 3 | PI 662578 | Small, Green Glaze Look | alive! | 0 | 1 | | | 5 | Broccoli Neri | PI 662531 | Med/Lrg, SPROUTS, lacinato leaves | alive, BIG healthy, Some seed, TALL! many sprouts | 2 | 3 | sow earrrly | | 5 | No. 5879 | PI 141576 | SML, cauliflower like buds | dead | 0 | 0 | | | 5 | Violet Queen | PI 687059 | LRG, no buds, | Alive, late, purple heads! | 0 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 6 | G 33419 | G 33419 | LRG,some shooting | Alive, some pods | 1 | 2 | sow earrrly | | 6 | Cavolo Broccolo Ramoso Calabrese Prococe | PI 687043 | MED, half headed out. small heads, healthy | no sprouts | 1 | 0 | | | 6 | Cavolo Broccolo Verde Calbrese | PI 687044 | MED, | Med, sprouting. No seed | 0 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 6 | G 33420 | G 33420 | TALL, 1/2 heading | dead mostly | 0 | 0 | | | 6 | Cabolo Broccolo Natalino di Sarno | PI 662533 | LRG, Deep Lobing leaves, no heads | no sprouts | 0 | 2 | sow earrrly | | 6 | Cavolo Broccolo di Sarno | PI 662534 | LRG, 1/2 heading | Starting to sprout, LRG! | 1 | | sow earrrly | | 7 | G 28307 | PI 662520 | MED, Gailan type, low vigor | dead | 0 | 1 | | | 7 | Cavolo Ramoso Calabrese Precoce | PI 662530 | MED, 1 bud | sprouted, no seed | 1 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 7 | Cavolo Broccolo Frevarota | PI 687045 | LRG, Long strap leaves | alive, no sprouts! | 0 | 0 | | | 7 | Cavolo Broccolo di Sarno’ | PI 662713 | LRG, Serrated wide leaves | BIG, starting to sprout | 1 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 7 | Bhug-Gana | PI 249556 | SML, low vigor, lots of flea damage | dead | 0 | 0 | | | 7 | Broccolo Natale Pied Grande Liscio | PI 662532 | LRG, Serrated leaves | Alive, LRG, no sprouts | 0 | 0 | | | 8 | Cavolo Cavolina Rizza | PI 662536 | LRG, Serrated leaves, diverse | Alive, LRG, no sprouts | 0 | 0 | | | 8 | Cavolo Broccolo Marzullo | PI 687046 | LRG, broad leaves | Alive, LRG, no sprouts | 0 | 0 | | | 8 | Broccolo di Minestra Spicata | PI 687047 | MED, 1/2 made small heads | Alive, sprouts! | 1 | 1 | sow earrrly | | 8 | Oregon State University OP Broccoli Mix | | DIverse buy uniform theme | Died, didn’t make many seeds pods though | 2 | 2 | | | 8 | CTC 2024 MIX | | Vigorous, LRG, nearly every sprouting. Many phenotypes | Lots o good flowering seeds! | 3 | 3 | |