how many seeds to sow for 6 brussels sprout plants

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how many seeds to sow for 6 brussels sprout plants
« on: March 24, 2009, 11:53 »
Just getting started this year, i have made up a seed bed ,prepared most of my vegtable plot .I am starting to think about sowing my brussels sprouts, broccoli and leeks but theres about 250 in each seed packet  ???  i would like 6 brussels 6 broccoli and 4x 4 1/2 ft rows of leeks ,if anybody could tell me roughly how big my seed bed rows need to be that would be brillant
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Re: how many seeds to sow for 6 brussels sprout plants
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2009, 12:15 »
Not big as they will be moved on at the 4 leaf stage, sow twice as many Broccoli/ Sprouts  as you need and pick the 6 strongest plants to transplant into there final bed.
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Re: how many seeds to sow for 6 brussels sprout plants
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2009, 14:04 »
we plant our sprouts at 2ft apart

and right in as far as the 1st set of leaves ,

then we protect with debris netting untill thay are a foot hight ,

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Re: how many seeds to sow for 6 brussels sprout plants
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2010, 20:09 »
I have started off my sprouts in seed tarys and they have all sprouted sand have two pairs of leaves, should I move them on to bigger pots yet or wait longer?
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Re: how many seeds to sow for 6 brussels sprout plants
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2010, 09:27 »
Hi Jamie, I'm new to vegetable growing too. I've found John's vegetable growing guides really useful, especially the one on sprouts. Have a look at this page and scroll down till you come to the sprouts article.

http://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/index.php



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