Hi All,
This is my first year growing brussel sprouts. Actually did it on a whim. What a surprise I was in for!
The seller I bought the house from in 2020, were not Gardner鈥檚, but I found raised beds on the side of the house. (3) 5X8鈥. I found everything in there from old dish towels, broken and rusted steel pipes, an old broken weed eater, plastic bags鈥 you name it.
When the Brussels Sprout package said to plant of thin to 12-24鈥, they mean it!
Next year I鈥檒l stretch it out to maybe 30-35 inches.
I removed the garbage, weeds and everything else.
I put in 3 bags of commercial compost, mixed it into the existing soil, and experimented.
On one side of the bed I planted carrots, the other side I put in 3 Sprout plants.
3 plants in 8 feet is not enough room. ( Best 60 carrots I鈥檝e every grown!)
The plants are every bit of 3 feet high and have hundreds of sprouts on each.
One of them, I suppose he felt squished, started growing side shoots next to the ground and those created their own root and are baring sprouts all on their own.
The first frost has come and gone.
I light snow.
So Today I鈥檓 going to start harvesting dinner size portions off the main stalk.
We鈥檒l see how it goes.
Hi All,
This is my first year growing brussel sprouts. Actually did it on a whim. What a surprise I was in for!
The seller I bought the house from in 2020, were not Gardner鈥檚, but I found raised beds on the side of the house. (3) 5X8鈥. I found everything in there from old dish towels, broken and rusted steel pipes, an old broken weed eater, plastic bags鈥 you name it.
When the Brussels Sprout package said to plant of thin to 12-24鈥, they mean it!
Next year I鈥檒l stretch it out to maybe 30-35 inches.
I removed the garbage, weeds and everything else.
I put in 3 bags of commercial compost, mixed it into the existing soil, and experimented.
On one side of the bed I planted carrots, the other side I put in 3 Sprout plants.
3 plants in 8 feet is not enough room. ( Best 60 carrots I鈥檝e every grown!)
The plants are every bit of 3 feet high and have hundreds of sprouts on each.
One of them, I suppose he felt squished, started growing side shoots next to the ground and those created their own root and are baring sprouts all on their own.
The first frost has come and gone.
I light snow.
So Today I鈥檓 going to start harvesting dinner size portions off the main stalk.
We鈥檒l see how it goes.