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Re: Fertilizers

Steve,

I live in Massachusetts, zone 5. I usually raise the brussel sprouts from
seed indoors, and transplant outside around mid april.  They grow okay all
year, but at the end of the year, the sprout tends to be smallish; actually
too small to eat.
any suggestions would be appreciated!  

Thanx.

Rene.  

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> From: Neason <Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Fertilizers
> Date: Friday, January 09, 1998 9:11 PM
> 
> Rene M. Lipshires wrote:
> > 
> > I, too, amend my garden every fall and/or spring with compost that is
"home
> > made".  Depending upon the type of vegetable, I also add organic
fertilizer
> > such as bone meal, blood meal, cotton seed meal, kelp meal, etc.  Every
> > other year in the fall, I had rock powders to my vegetable garden: rock
> > phosphate and greensand.  I've had my vege garden for three years now,
and
> > so far so good. Well, except for brussel sprouts.. they don't seem to
want
> > to produce anything larger than a thimble.  (Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated!)   In addition, I use drip irrigation which really helps;
not
> > only for keeping the garden watered well, but also saves on my time.
> > 
> > Rene.
> > 
> 
> Rene,
> 
> Where do you live and what kind of soil do you have?  Brussels sprouts
> are sensitive to daylength so if you plant them at the wrong time of
> year you won't get the sprouts.
> 
> Steve
>
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