# Broccoli Grex **URL:** \ **Category:** Farmer Projects 2024\ **Tags:** broccoli, upper-midwest\ **Created:** [February 19, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex/2083 "2024-02-19T18:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
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Dear Growers and Friends, This is Clint Freund of Cultivating The Commons. A small seed company in northern WI, USA. We grow many things wholesale for companies and our small packet company. We’ve always been interested in Bio-regionally adapted seed and this project will definitely enbolden that ethos. This year we’re attempting a grow-out of over 20 varieties of Sprouting Brassica olerecea as part of GOing To Seeds grant process. We’re searching for plants with low vernalization needs and ability to withstand continental heat and temp swings as well as various diseases that afflict Mediterrenean crops in our region. Should be interesting!!! ~Clint > **[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. ---
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These are the Varieties added so far: | Column 1 | B | | --- | --- | | Company | Variety | | SaltwaterSeed | Purple Reign | | SaltwaterSeed | Spring Sprouting Broccoli | | SaltwaterSeed | Piracicaba | | malcolm | Broccoli Grex | | Adaptive Seeds | Blue Star Gai Lan | | Adaptive Seeds | Piracicaba | | Adaptive Seeds | Red Arrow Purple Sprouting | | Adaptive Seeds | Nutribud | | Livingston | Calabrese | | Ferry-Morse | De Cicco | | GRIN-GLOBAL | No. 5879 | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Romano | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Purple Sprouting Late Improved | | GRIN-GLOBAL | White Sprouting Improved | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Broccoli Neri | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Cabolo Broccolo Natalino di Sarno | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Cavolo Cavolina Rizza | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Broc 3 | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Xmas Purple Sprouting | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Cavolo Broccolo Precoce | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Broccoli Grande Precoce | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Green Sprouting Early CT Strain | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Cavolo Broccolo Ramoso Calabrese Prococe | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Cavolo Broccolo Frevarota | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Broccolo di Minestra Spicata | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Violet Queen | | GRIN-GLOBAL | Atlantic | | Seedlinked | Burgundy F1 | | Seedlinked | BC1611 F1 | | Seedlinked | Melody F1 | ---
**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:** [April 29, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex/2083/3 "2024-04-29T16:59:39Z")
4/29/24 The 2024 Sprouting B. Olerecea is up and running. Time to thin out slow germinators and punky guys. The GRIN assession, despite the first packet looking like trash(!), seems to be pulling through very well! THe rest of the packets were pretty decent overall. Excited to have them in the mix this year. It should be a fairly diverse but Euro-centric mix. There will be some asian and brazilian strains that’ll contribute interesting traits to the mix. ![Sprouting Broc 2024](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/6/6ca7873cfeb8ef9d61e760a6eb28f09e01d19b8d.jpeg) ---
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Wow, haven’t posted in a while! Broccoli Grex is moving ahead greatly!! My brussel sprout seed crop wrapped up RIGHT on time as the broccolis started to button up!! Just had to nip a few flowers from early chinese types. I’ve attached pics of the many varieties and types, we should have a radical amount of crossing this year. I plant to top some so late bloomers have a chance to cross in nice. Crossing my fingers that’ll be helpful!! CLick link for PICS: [[31 new items added to shared album] Sprouting Broccoli GREX 2024 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/1/129f25bd7d7c3fd060ba200906bf0e8ea6afff3c.jpeg "Sprouting Broccoli GREX 2024") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/6jFMp7fGFyg4by8d7)