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I grew two types of broccoli this year. One was monaco I think, and the other one I'm not sure about (maybe calabrese?).

We started harvesting the monaco more than a month ago and per this question we have been getting a good crop of secondary heads ever since.

But the other one has given us nothing at all in terms of secondary heads (nothing wrong with its maincrop).

In neither case did they get anywhere close to flowering. Is the difference down to variety? Or is it something to do with how and when we harvested?

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In my experience, it is definitely down to variety rather than harvesting; given exactly the same growing and harvesting conditions, some varieties produce a really good crop of secondary heads, others very few or none at all.

I have found Corvet to be a very dependable 'cut-and-come-again' variety - I've been growing it for three years now, and it hasn't disappointed me. Another good one in this respect is Chevalier; I haven't tried it myself, but having seen it on my allotment neighbour's plot, I would say it is every bit as good as Corvet.

Two other good 'cut-and-come-again' varieties, I'm told, are Green Magic and Crown Sceptre.

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