However, I spoke to a supplier to our local Farmer's Market last fall. I've planted broccoli for quite a while but don't recall having tried a close (1 ft) spacing. If you don't have room to keep them to play with and plant new ones, then toss and start over. If no roots, try splitting the rootballs a bit and replant. If there were new roots, I'd just make sure they have good fertility and moisture and see what happens. If not watered frequently, they could just be sitting there due to drouth stress. In the ones that you dug up, were there any new roots extending out from the rootball? Have they been getting enough water? Transplants dry out surprisingly fast before the roots get extended out into the soil, especially if the top of the rootball is visible on the surface. This breaks the roots and tends to stimulate new root growth. However, I have been told to take part of the rootball in each hand and pull sidways until it has split about halfway up. Sometimes they have really been in the pot too long, and the plants look somewhat stunted, maybe a few yellowing lower leaves, leaves kind of leathery instead of young and full of growth, etc., and these don't seem to ever amount to anything-figure they are too old, which is likely on a clearance sale, but also figure they probably didn't get good care and dried out pretty badly a few times. Haven't had much problems I could really attribute to the rootbounding, though. Mine are always rootbound when I buy them.
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