Growing Broccoli

Broccoli is a vegetable crop that lends itself well to smallscale and part-time farming operations. Initial investment is relatively low, and many field operations, such as land preparation, planting, and harvesting, can be custom hired. Equipment needs on a small-acreage farm are not very great, and most of the equipment can be used for other purposes.

“Broccoli” can mean different things to different people. When most people think of broccoli, they are thinking of sprouting broccoli (often referred to as “Italian” or Calabrese” broccoli). “Heading” broccoli is not a broccoli at all—it is a late season or overwintering cauliflower.  Another broccoli, broccoli rabe, does not produce a head and is used as a greens crop. This publication will cover the production and marketing of sprouting broccoli.

For more information, please see this Penn State Fact Sheet.

Penn State Horticulture Department

For more information on this subject, Please visit the College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Web site.

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