Bolting broccoli

What do you do if your broccoli has already bolted? Can it still be harvested?

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#1 Comment By shelley On 04/20/2015 @ 1:22 am

Once a plant has fully bolted, the plant is normally inedible. The plant’s entire energy reserve is focused on producing the seeds, so the rest of the plant tends to become tough and woody as well as tasteless or even bitter.

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