I think Packman is 55 days and Green Magic is 57 so not much difference there. You still have 19 days left! They should take about 2 weeks to go from the tiny quarter size button to 6-7" or so. I am betting that they will still make for you but you might be cutting it close. You can always harvest them smaller than optimal size which is usually best when it starts heating up anyway. Another good reason for you to try Early Dividend and start your own from seed. I imagine 52 transplants cost a lot more than a packet of seeds and some potting mix.

I started Green Magic from seed, got it from Johnny's. Very happy with my choice. I was considering Blue Wind, but got Green Magic for the heat tolerance - our Springs are unpredictable and I don't want to be worrying about the week-long heat wave we inevitably have.

Thanks, LoneJack! You're spot on when you say that growing my own plants would be a lot cheaper than buying transplants. The only problem is that I tried that 3 years ago but, while I had good germination, the little seedings got very leggy with very weak stems. Knowing that they just weren't going to make it, I found Packman plants locally and stuck with that variety until this year. Supposed to get to 94 degrees in Omaha tomorrow and 93 on Wednesday. If the headless Green Magic plants can make it through that, the temps are predicted to fall back to the high 70s to low 80s over the following 10 days. Getting the feeling that I'll be stuck with store-bought broccoli until next spring. Darn!

I had the same problem when I first started broccoli, I transplanted the leggy seedlings and planted them into 9 packs and planted them deep so they weren't leggy and they turned out perfect. I now start the seeds in an open tray and then just pick my best plants for 9 packs. I plant over 100 broccoli plants every year

I know this post is from last summer but depending on how the broc. was planted just interplant the sweet corn in rows between the broc. this will give you 7-10 days before germination and even after the corn emergence you would have another 2-3 weeks before it would be shaded out.