Botanical name: Brassci rapa cymosa
Also called: broccoli, crumbly cabbage, asparagus cabbage, winter flower cabbage, sprout cabbage
Taste: The fresh green of broccoli with its spicy, piquant taste is slightly reminiscent of Chinese cabbage.
Ingredients: Broccoli green is characterized by a high content of the antioxidant sulphoraphane , a health-valuable mustard glycoside (up to 100 times higher than ripe broccoli vegetables). It contains mustard oil and sulfur compounds (called glucosinolates), which are well known for anti-cancer effects. In addition broccoli green contain abundant minerals (chromium, iron, fluoride, iodine, potassium, calcium, copper, manganese, magnesium sodium, phosphorus and zinc), vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, C, E, K and provitamin A as well as the valuable secondary plant substances: flavonoids, isoflavonoids, glucosinolates, polyphenols, mustard oils and carotene.
Usage: raw: in salad, on bread, for juicing, smoothies, herb quark or as a decoration of your dishes.
Positive properties: antibacterial, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, lowering blood sugar, preventing and fighting cancer.
Cultivation
This seed can be used for growing microgreen as well as in sprouting jar and cress sieve.
Microgreen cultivation: To grow broccoli as a microgreen, you do not need to soak the organic sprouting seeds.The best option is to cover your growing bowl for the first 2-3 days in an airtight and dark place so that all seeds can germinate optimally. You can harvest after about 6-10 days. More detailed information and tips on microgreen cultivation can be found here.
Cultivation in sprouting jar: To cultivate fresh broccoli sprouts, soak the organic sprouting seeds overnight (approx. 8 hours). After draining, please rinse the broccoli sprouts twice a day. After 3-6 days you can eat the healthy and tasty broccoli sprouts. You can find an exact guide for the sprouting jar here.
Organic microgreen and sprouting seeds broccoli. Seeds from certified organic farming for sprouts and microgreens .