GROWTH AND YIELD OF BROCCOLI (Brassica oleracea var. Italica L.) TO DIFFERENT PLANTING TIMES

The study was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh during the period from October 2011 to March 2012. The experiment consisted three different planting times as T₁: Planting at 3rd November, 2011; T₂: Planting at 18^th November, 2011 and T₃: Planting at 3^rd December, 2011 using Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Maximum weight of primary curd/plant (427.8 g), diameter of primary curd (10.1 cm), weight of secondary curd (66.8 g), dry matter content of leaves (13.6 g), yield/plot (9.9 kg) and yield (10.6 t/ha) was found from T₂ while minimum from T₃. So, planting at 18th November was better for the broccoli production in Bangladesh.