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Broccoli
How They Are Grown & Harvested
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Broccoli is usually grown from a seed planted in the field. Over 30,000 broccoli plants can be grown in one acre of land! Broccoli grows best in areas with a cool climate and moist soil.
Broccoli grows to maturity in approximately 80-120 days. Three crops of broccoli grow each year in the Salinas Valley of California.
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Broccoli is usually grown from a seed planted in the field. More than 30,000 broccoli plants can be grown in just one acre of land! Broccoli grows best in areas with a cool climate and moist soil.
Broccoli grows to maturity in approximately 80–120 days. Three crops of broccoli grow each year in the Salinas Valley of California.
It may take two to three passes to completely harvest a field of broccoli. During each pass through the field, workers cut and trim broccoli heads and pack them into boxes. Workers walk behind a very slow moving machine that holds boxes ready to be filled. As boxes are filled they are loaded onto pallets, and when the pallets are filled a truck takes them to a cooling facility.
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