#Brussel sprout seedlings how to#

Timing is everything when it comes to growing brussels sprouts. If you’re growing a purple variety, you’ll have purple sprouts. If you’re growing a green variety, you’ll have green sprouts. The edible parts are the small, cabbage-like heads that form along the stem at each leaf axil. And, once they’re ready to pick, they hold their quality for about two months so you can harvest the crop gradually.īrussels sprout plants also very ornamental, growing two to four feet with large bright green or purple leaves, depending which variety you’re growing.

First, this is a vegetable, with a long ‘days to maturity’, whose harvest begins in late autumn, long after most other crops are finished for the season. There are so many reasons to find space for brussels sprouts ( Brassica oleracea var gemmifera) in your garden. Plant in a vegetable garden or tuck a few seedlings in your flower garden too.

#Brussel sprout seedlings how to#

If you love this cabbage cousin as much as I do, read on to learn how to grow a bumper crop of crisp, crunchy brussels sprouts.īrussels sprout plants are incredibly ornamental, especially the purple varieties. Growing brussels sprouts isn’t difficult but it does require patience as the plants take about four months to go from seed to harvest. Boy, have times changed! Now I grow several varieties every year, waiting impatiently for the harvest season to begin in late autumn. As a kid I was definitely not a fan of brussels sprouts.