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[QUOTE=Rockfish9;any one else start from seed?
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having done it commercially or on a very large scale

i found that broccoli in particular likes to be planted in
very loose soil directly and that a transplant will grow
only half as big than a non disturbed planting.

for Broccoli :

i make a hole as big as your arms can make a circle
and then get all my fertilizer well worked into the bottom.
big Basins (cahetta's in spanish) allow for deeper watering's
when the temperature skyrockets.

for pea's:
i wait until i see a week of rain coming in before a full moon
and put/salt inoculant into a bag of pre swelled pea seeds and
shake and bake-em gently ->so they are good and covered.

i make sure the rugged (as can be) fence is already in place.

i sometimes water them 3 or 4 times a day until they start climbing
Always a delight when you see the white flowers appear as you know
next week you can begin harvesting.

i easily grow 50 lbs of peas and i freeze most of them.
then i start crop number 2...