When to top brussels sprouts
I'm still figuring out
the best time to top brussels sprouts to promote sprout formation. In
previous years, I've topped them too late (November), so it didn't do
much good. This year, though, I'm pretty sure I topped too early, as
you can see in the image above --- the sprouts on the topped plants are
turning into new shoots instead of bulking up into edible mini-cabbages.
Luckily, I only topped a
few of the biggest plants. In contrast, smaller, untopped plants are
bulking up sprouts as usual. So maybe I should have topped in early
October instead of mid
September.
Next year....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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