Broccoli Hybrid F-1 Seeds

Grow supermarket-priced broccoli for pennies with Broccoli Hybrid F1 seeds (Brassica oleracea). Tight, deep-green central heads followed by weeks of bonus side shoots, a health-food staple that grows beautifully in Pakistan's winter and costs a fortune in the bazaar.

Growing Guide for Pakistan

• Sowing time: August to September in trays in the plains; August in Islamabad; late September to October in Karachi.
• Method: Nursery trays; cover seed 5 mm.
• Germination: 5–8 days at 18–21°C.
• Transplanting: At 4–5 leaves, 45 cm apart.
• Harvest: 85–100 days from sowing; cut the main head while buds are tight, then keep harvesting the side shoots for another month or more.
• Sun and water: Full sun; steady moisture and rich soil. Net against caterpillars.

Time the trays with what to sow in September; northern growers see the Islamabad frost guide.

Germination-tested in Lahore since 1932. Browse the full winter vegetable seeds collection.