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'Blue Wind' Broccoli |
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Hybrid Packman type. Plants produce medium-sized, blue-green heads with small beads. Good for spring and summer planting.
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (2.5 Stars)
Taste: (3.0 Stars)
Yield: (2.8 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (2.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 4
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KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 06/11/2020 by
Carol K
- An experienced gardener
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Washington, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| We tried Blue Wind when Packman became unavailable. I\\\'m a market gardener and grow at least 25 acres of vegies / year and usually 4-5 plantings of broccoli with at least 1500 - 2000 plants of various varieties. Blue Wind was absolutely the worst variety we ever tried. It was a disease magnet in every planting. We often have little disease in our cole crops unless we have a lot of rain. But that year Blue Wind would show the tell tail triangular leaf lesions before any thing else and then it would spread to the rest of my cole crops. The heads weren\\\'t nearly as early as Packman either. And didn\\\'t have the nice side shoots Packman has. |
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Reviewed on 09/08/2014 by
Little Minnie
- An experienced gardener
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Sherburne, Minnesota, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This variety did the poorest in my trials. It was first to produce but with small heads that were open in habit and bolted instantly. After cutting back they didn't do any better and ended up being pulled. Not recommended. |
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Reviewed on 02/11/2013 by
Wyatt Jones
- An experienced gardener
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Greene, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Wasn\'t that impressed withthis cultivar, it did ok but not great. Loose heads and only fair taste, yields not really up to par. Didn\'t seem to be very heat tolerant |
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Reviewed on 05/16/2009 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This cultivar is quick early to produce. Medium sized plants with medium heads. I like Early Dividend better in direct competition and Galleon, Superdome and Everest are overall superior to Blue Wind in the Early bracket. A solid performer, but not at the head of its class. |
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