Broccoli Seeds (F1 Green Giant)

Broccoli is another head-forming brassica that asks for patience and space rather than a quick turnover, which makes it a longer-term project than the salad greens in this line-up. This variety is an F1 hybrid, bred for a single main head per plant, so you're planning around one harvest window rather than repeat cutting. It needs 5-6 hours of full sun and soil that stays evenly moist right through to harvest, which lands between 80 and 100 days after sowing — plan for it the way you'd plan for a full season, not a few weeks. Spacing is generous at 45-60 cm once seedlings are thinned, since the plant bulks up considerably as the head forms, and no staking is needed even as it gets larger.