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Bot.: Brassica oleracea var. italica
Healing power:
- The active substance quercetin is presumed to reduce dangerous intestine adenoids, an early stage for cancer of the intestine, if it will be used in high dosis. - Brokkoli is said to prevent breast cancer. How to use:
Brokkoli only has to be boiled or steamed for a short time. Then you eat it as vegetable.
You canīt store Brokkoli for a long time. Then the flowers fade.
Brokkoli can be frozen very well. Description of the plant:
Brokkoli builds on long and thick stems green or violet flower buds.
The location should be sunny to halfshady. Brokkoli requires a humous and humid soil.
It grows well in the neighborhood of cabbage lettuce, peas, celeriac, spinach, cucumber and tomatoes.
Bad neighbors are garlic, leek and onions.
The extensive areas of cultivation in Europe are: Germany, England, Italy and South France. Propagation:
From January to April you sow Brokkoli seed indoors in flats. When the plants are large enough to handle transplant them into bigger pots.
When the danger of frost is over, transplant them into your garden. Harvest time is from June to Novembre. That depends on the sort. Ingredients:
Quercetin, nicotinamid, retin.-äquiv., vitamins b1, b2 and c, minerals, roughage, carbohydrates, fat, protein.
Brokkoli/Broccoli Junge Pflanzen/Young plants
