HI, I live in Northern California in the Sierra Nevadas in the Tahoe National Forest area at about 2000 ft. elevation. I planted a dozen brussel sprouts as starts that I bought back in late Sept/ early Oct. 2016 and they have been slow to get going through the very rainy, cold winter season. I fed the soil with Borax (Boron) which I diluted a tablespoon of the powder with a gallon of water when I first planted them. I mixed dried chicken manure with the soil and covered the soil around them with straw. Some of the plants leaves have turned red or yellow at the bottom of the stalks and then about half of them just started to bolt and flower before they had a chance to get tall enough to start growing sprouts. What could I have done wrong or what could I have done or do differently? Please help.
HI, I live in Northern California in the Sierra Nevadas in the Tahoe National Forest area at about 2000 ft. elevation. I planted a dozen brussel sprouts as starts that I bought back in late Sept/ early Oct. 2016 and they have been slow to get going through the very rainy, cold winter season. I fed the soil with Borax (Boron) which I diluted a tablespoon of the powder with a gallon of water when I first planted them. I mixed dried chicken manure with the soil and covered the soil around them with straw. Some of the plants leaves have turned red or yellow at the bottom of the stalks and then about half of them just started to bolt and flower before they had a chance to get tall enough to start growing sprouts. What could I have done wrong or what could I have done or do differently? Please help.