What Size Are Your Brussel's?

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Fisherman

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What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« on: August 24, 2010, 20:06 »
What size should brussel sprouts be by now. Mine are about half the size of a pea if that :blush:

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massa

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2010, 20:09 »
mine are about 3ft tall but all the sprouts have blown! i dont know what i did wrong :(

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2010, 20:34 »
Mine are about 3ft tall but have massive sprouts on the bottom and very small towards the top problem is there isnt enough big ones yet to pick for dinner imo is one veg i wont grow next year due to the amount of time in the ground!!!

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2010, 21:10 »
My plants are about 12 - 18" high and sprouts aren't even visible.

I won't expect to harvest them until November at the earliest. Surely it's too early to expect anything different?

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2010, 21:11 »
Mine are tiny, but I wouldn't expect anything else.  It does depend on the variety, with different ones bred to be ready any time from October to March. 

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mike1987

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2010, 22:42 »
mine stopped growing when i planted them out about a month ago there about 8 inch tall do i have any chance of them produceing?

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2010, 22:48 »
Mine are the size of peas, which is about right as they are harvested during winter time.  Mike1987, you may have planted them out a bit on the late side.  I've had mine out since early summer
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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2010, 23:21 »
Mine got planted out in April , they are doing really well ... a bit loose but hoping they tighten up  :)

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barbarella

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2010, 09:11 »
mine stopped growing when i planted them out about a month ago there about 8 inch tall do i have any chance of them produceing?

They were a bit late in, but should put a spurt on with all this rain we're getting.

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2010, 11:37 »
I have been harvesting brussels for the last month as I did last year!!! :tongue2:

All a good size 8)
It all depends what you put into the ground, to what you get out

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2010, 12:41 »
Dito Coach,

ours are going great guns at the mo,and have started to freeze some . :)
if you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk; happy for a long time, fall in love; happy for ever, take up gardening

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2010, 14:12 »
no sign yet  -growing the petit posy ones - I'm sure they are brussells but I think the allotment fairy might have moved stuff round - need to check out the other netted greenery :nowink:

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2010, 16:09 »
my sprouts for the second year running have been ruined by mealy aphid despite repeated spraying.the variety is trafalgar f1 - could this be the trouble?

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Re: What Size Are Your Brussel's?
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2010, 16:41 »
half are 3 ft tall and taste great, and i hated sprouts untill i tasted mine :lol:
other half, later type are 3 ft tall but only small sprouts
first year grower


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