Re: Brussels Sprouts

**jim allAn jallan6977@clarityconnect.com>**

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> >What makes me nervous is what Jim Allen said about having to soak them to
> >get the worms out.
> 
> I've always had a few green worms on my broccoli but never had them wait to
> come out of hiding until the cooking water got hot.  In addition, I find it
> hard to imagine their being able to survive once the broccoli was
> "steamed," as you say your DH did his bad batch.  Anybody else report this
> "tons of worms" problem plus delayed flight pattern?
> 
> If you haven't grown broccoli yourself, let me assure you that these worms
> are little (about the diameter of a pencil lead) and chartreuse green
> without markings and only about a half-inch long or so.  They're not slimy
> or revolting--it's just that the idea of worms being disgusting is so
> firmly implanted in our brains that we feel yucky about their being in or
> on a food item.
> 
> Perhaps they won't be as much of an issue for fall-planted Brussels
> sprouts.  Certainly the tight bulb structure of Bsprouts would give the
> worms a much harder time than they have with broccoli in terms of trying to
> hide....
> 
> --Janet
> 

   HMMMMM!  Fall planted sprouts?  I have thought of trying to over
winter them here in NY zone 5 but never thought of planting in the
fall.  Can anyone advise me of when and special care that might be
needed?  I have seed left to try it if it is not to late or something. 
I think my seeds yield a small variety bulb.  I would like some about
golf ball size if possible.  I seem to remember them being that big
years ago.
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