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Re: Brussle Sprouts

What variety are you raising?

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> From: Rene M. Lipshires <rene1@ibm.net>
> To: Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net; veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Fertilizers
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 1998 5:28 AM
> 
> 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.  
> 
> ----------
> > 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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