10/13/2026
Iāve got three rounds of broccoli going right now, all started a few weeks apart. The first ones are getting pretty big, the next group is catching up, and the last ones are still little.
I do this because I want broccoli for more than one week. If I start the whole packet at once, thereās a good chance itāll all be ready at once too. Iād rather cut a few heads with more coming along behind them.
It also gives me a little room to be wrong about the weather. Here in Southern California, Iām trying to get my fall plants growing while we still have plenty of daylight but I never know when weāre going to get another stretch of heat. If that happens while the broccoli is making heads, they might start opening up and flowering before they get as big as Iād hoped. So I start a few plants, wait a couple weeks, and start a few more.
Thatās all succession sowing means. Iām spreading out my chances of getting a good harvest.
If youāre trying to figure out what to start and when to plant it, come hang out with us in The Homegrown Harvest (link in my bio). Weāre working through the fall garden together and I cover succession sowing in depth.
