Growing brussels sprouts (was Foods you either love or hate)

[Guest guest]

Hi, Rose --

 

> Irene, we are trying to grow some for the first time. They are

> still small and at the leafy stage, no idea if we'll get sprouts.

> Any advice on growing them?

 

Where are you, what agricultural/Sunset zone? That will really make

the biggest difference in how you can successfully grow brussels

sprouts. Like most brassicas they really come into their own in cool

weather, and hot summers will really do them in.

 

Here in the PNW our summers don't get very hot (almost no ripe

tomatoes! : ' ( so the brussels sprouts can go into the ground in

late spring, make it through the summer, and produce big sprouts in

the late fall. But my favorites are the sprouts that get nipped a

time or two by frost, which turns some part of their juices to sugar,

their way of manufacturing their own antifreeze.

 

Please let me know where you're gardening and I'll try to help you

choose the best time to plant them.

 

~ irene

[Guest guest]

Thanks Irene. They are already in the ground but only at the leafy stage. We

had to plant in december since it was really hot her all the way up to november.

I hope they grow enough before it gets hot. We are in zone 9b or sunset 21.

 

 

, irene wrote:

>

> Hi, Rose --

>

> > Irene, we are trying to grow some for the first time. They are

> > still small and at the leafy stage, no idea if we'll get sprouts.

> > Any advice on growing them?

>

> Where are you, what agricultural/Sunset zone? That will really make

> the biggest difference in how you can successfully grow brussels

> sprouts. Like most brassicas they really come into their own in cool

> weather, and hot summers will really do them in.

>

> Here in the PNW our summers don't get very hot (almost no ripe

> tomatoes! : ' ( so the brussels sprouts can go into the ground in

> late spring, make it through the summer, and produce big sprouts in

> the late fall. But my favorites are the sprouts that get nipped a

> time or two by frost, which turns some part of their juices to sugar,

> their way of manufacturing their own antifreeze.

>

> Please let me know where you're gardening and I'll try to help you

> choose the best time to plant them.

>

> ~ irene

>