[hogwarden]

  I was bemoaning my fate that I had lost the plot and forgotton to plant the sprouts! Advice here was to give it up until next year etc.-well now my local Wyvale has BS plants for sale-no detail of pedigree/type given?
Does anybody know if this some super hybrid thats going to grow through the winter and harvest when?-little info on pack other than water well and and fert....

[DD.]

They won't grow through winter. They'll do a little before they stall when the really cold weather comes and then start again in spring.

I'd have thought the chances are that they'd run straight to seed.

[Salmo]

Sprouts planted out now are far too late to produce a crop Bogwarden.

Oh why Oh why do these garden centres do this???

They say they are the experts and freind of the novice gardener but time and again I see vegetable plants for sale that have no hope of producing a crop because they are way out of season.

What really puzzles me is why professional plant raisers would grow young spout plant so late in the year and why any self respecting garden centre would offer them for sale.

End of rant!!!!

[kevinp]

I was in a local centre the other week and saw carrots as plug plants 

[paintedlady]

I was in a local centre the other week and saw carrots as plug plants 

I have seen carrots sold as plug plants in spring (rather expensive too when you consider 1 plug plant = 1 carrot  )  You can sow an overwintering carrot called Nantes Frubund about now ... perhaps that is variety being sold?

[Kristen]

It beggars belief that a garden centre would sell plants so far out of season. They aren't Winter Cabbage per chance? (Still rather late to be planting them)