How to grow Brussels sprouts properly?

Popular with experienced gardeners, Brussels sprouts are quite simple to grow. Of all the known cabbage varieties, this one stands apart. However, in our gardens, it is considered a rarity due to its peculiar capriciousness and low yield. But this is far from the case.

You can grow a vegetable in a country house in the open field in the Moscow region, plant directly from seeds, or plant seedlings first.

What is Brussels sprouts

The plant is two years old, has a thick stem, reaching a height of one meter. On it there is a long-peeled foliage with a multi-colored bubble surface. The top of the stem is crowned with a leaf rosette.

By the fall season begin to form small loose or dense heads of cabbage, outwardly resembling white cabbage forks. Their diameter is two to five centimeters, grows on one stem from 30 to 70 pieces.

The plant is unpretentious, frost-resistant, the vegetative period is 4-6 months, so it is recommended to grow the crop using the seedling method.

Each stem grows 30-70 heads of Brussels sprouts

Cabbage has a delicious taste and contains many useful vitamins and mineral components.

Origin story

Culture is considered a variety of white cabbage, in the wild in nature does not come across. Its predecessor is kale, which grows in the Mediterranean. The Belgian selection experts brought out the Brussels vegetable, which was the reason for this name.

Over time, the vegetable began to be grown in the countries of Western Europe, and it got to the east in the middle of the nineteenth century, but did not take root due to the difficult climate. But Canadians, Americans and Westerners began to plant crops in industrial quantities.

Beneficial features

This variety of cabbage contains:

• cellulose;
• folic acid;
• proteins;
• vitamins of various groups;
• phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iodine, sodium salts;
• amino acids.

The vegetable is used in dietary nutrition

According to this composition, the product is classified as a valuable food and medicine.

Cabbage is recommended for diets prescribed for children and the elderly. Perfectly helps with diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Cabbage juice has a diuretic, choleretic, hematopoietic, anticancer, antitoxic, anti-inflammatory effect, stabilizes the working capacity of the pancreas, is recommended for those suffering from diabetes mellitus. Cabbage helps with wound healing after surgery.

Vegetable count gourmet food... It is used in salads, first courses, side dishes, can be pickled and even frozen.

The most popular varieties for cultivation

The most famous are:

• Garnet bracelet... Excellent resistance to cold weather, gives good yields, ripens four months after transplanting seedlings. The stem grows up to seventy centimeters, forms about forty heads of cabbage with a delicate taste;
• Dolmik... A hybrid of Dutch breeders, grows up to fifty centimeters. Heads of cabbage are yellow-green, their weight is about twenty grams. After cooking, they become delicate in taste;
• Boxer... High-yielding hybrid plant, excellent resistance to diseases and harmful parasites. Heads of cabbage are round, green in color, quite tasty;
• Funny company... Medium-sized culture, heads of cabbage are dense and very tasty, purple hue;
• Curl... The best and most productive variety bred in the Czech Republic. The stem height reaches ninety centimeters, forms a large number of five centimeter heads.

How to grow from seeds

To obtain strong plants, it is recommended to take care of the planting material. For preventive purposes, seeds should soak for 30 minutes in hot water, then cool quickly.

Sowing dates

Sowing is best from mid-March to early April.

For seedlings, a temperature of no higher than six degrees is required at night, and about eighteen during the day. So it is better to place the containers for planting on the balcony or in the greenhouse.

Seedling care

After three to five days, the first shoots appear. At this time, you should remove the plastic wrap from the boxes, rearrange them to more illuminated places. To prevent the seedlings from stretching out, it is recommended to organize additional lighting.

Seedlings of Brussels sprouts

Cabbage seedlings need abundant watering, but do not get carried away so that the roots do not start to rot. The soil should be constantly loosento provide oxygen access to the root system.

Feed sprouts follow in the phase of the second - third leaves, using Kemiru-Lux. It is necessary to ensure that the composition does not fall on the leaves. The second feeding is done a couple of weeks before transplanting. Urea, copper sulfate, potassium sulfate, boric acid are used for this.

Picking

It is performed for seedlings that have formed one true leaf. Pick pattern - "Six by six" centimeters... Before transplanting, the seedlings are spilled with a weak manganese solution, then they are carefully seated in cups.

Make sure that the roots do not remain bent. Too long are allowed to pinch.

The seedling deepens to cotyledonous leaf... The containers are placed in a shaded place for several days, the air should be humid.

Planting Brussels sprouts outdoors

Seedlings should be transplanted after the sprouts appear fourth - fifth leaves... As a rule, this moment falls on mid-May - mid-summer season.

The soil should be fertile, loamy. The preparation of the beds should be done in the fall - dig it up, add lime if necessary.In the spring, the place should be fertilized by adding a bucket of compost or humus to the square of the plot.

For planting seedlings, holes are prepared, in each of which a small spoonful of urea is laid, two tablespoons - superphosphate, a couple of glasses of wood ash.

The landing pattern is "Sixty by sixty" centimeters... The sprout is waddled along with a clod of earth, sprinkled, compacted and watered.

Care rules

Cabbage should be fertilized urea and potassium chloride... Top dressing with boric acid, molybdenum and manganese solution should be foliar. During the period of the beginning of the formation of the ovary, infused bird droppings are introduced with the addition of ash.

The vegetable should be fertilized with urea and potassium chloride.

To accelerate the ripening of fruits and increase their weight at the end of the growing season, it is recommended to pinch the apical parts of the shoots. Rosette leaves are cut one month before harvest.

The plant should be spooled carefully so that the lower heads of cabbage do not begin to rot. In this case, weeds should be removed. These are the basic rules for caring.

Diseases and pests

The main preventive measure is the destruction of harmful parasites that remain in the soil for the winter. To this end, the beds should be deeply dug in the fall.

In the spring from the beds it is necessary remove weeds the cruciferous family so as not to attract pests. To scare away cabbage flies, you can sprinkle with tobacco mixed with ash or lime.

Harvesting and storage

In autumn, when the leaves turn yellow and begin to fall off, the heads of cabbage begin to shine characteristically... This suggests that you can start harvesting.

The stem is cut off at the surface of the ground, the remaining leaves are removed. If such a stem with heads of cabbage is wrapped in a bag, it can be stored in a cool place for about two months. In frozen form, cabbage lasts up to four months.

It turns out that there is nothing difficult in growing Brussels sprouts. It remains only to choose the most suitable for the climate variety for your region, and you can start sowing, planting this amazing and tasty plant, which will also look unusual.

Brussels sprouts and their taste are known all over the world. This gourmet vegetable is good for health, as it contains a large amount of vitamins PP, C, A, salts of iron, magnesium, potassium and other nutrients useful for the body. Thanks to this, in many countries of Western Europe, the USA and Canada, it is grown on an industrial scale. In our country, she began to gain popularity quite recently. To get the full taste and benefits of this vegetable, it is important to know how to properly grow Brussels sprouts from sowing to harvest.

Description of culture

Unlike white cabbage, Brussels sprouts grows not wide, but up... The height of some of its varieties can reach one meter. The vegetable has a thick stem and long-petiolized leaves with a bubbly surface. They can be not only green, but also have a purple tint.

In autumn, in the axils of the leaves, you can see dense or loose small heads of cabbage, which have a diameter of only two to five centimeters. They either stick around the stem, or are rarely located. There can be up to seventy such small heads of cabbage in one vegetable.

Blooms and the plant forms fruit in the second year... The seeds of Brussels sprouts are encased in pods. They are brown, small and viable for five years.

A gourmet vegetable is grown from seeds in a seedling way, since it has a rather long growing season. Some Brussels sprouts take more than 180 days to mature. At the same time, the plant is frost-resistant and can withstand frosts down to -10 degrees.

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Brussels sprouts varieties

There are a fairly large number of plant varieties, which are subdivided into groups according to maturity.

Early cabbage

Vegetables in this group mature in about 120 days. Among them, the following varieties are most popular:

1. Franklin - a high-yielding hybrid on which green heads of cabbage with a round shape and excellent taste are formed and ripen.
2. Dolmik - the variety was bred by Dutch breeders. It is distinguished by yellow-green fruits weighing up to 20 grams, which, after cooking, acquire a delicate taste. Dolmik's stem grows up to 50 cm.
3. Casio - growing up to one meter in height, the hybrid was bred by Czech breeders. Dense, round, green, large heads of cabbage weighing up to 15 grams are formed on it. There can be about 70 of them on one plant.
4. Garnet bracelet - a productive variety that ripens in 120 days, is resistant to temperatures up to -7 degrees and a stem height of up to 70 cm, on which up to forty heads of cabbage can form. The fruits are purplish red in color, medium in size and delicate in flavor when cooked.

Mid-season and late

Among the bred hybrids of the culture of this group, it is worth paying attention to the following varieties:

1. Perfection - a variety that Russian breeders have worked on to create. They bred a hybrid that is suitable for growing in the Moscow region, Siberia and the Urals. Green heads of cabbage with excellent taste are formed on the stalk of cabbage.
2. Boxer - a cold-resistant high-yielding variety with tasty green round fruits. The plant is resistant to pests and diseases.
3. Funny company - the hybrid is distinguished by dense heads of cabbage, which have a green color with a purple tint and excellent taste. Each fruit weighs about 12 grams.
4. Garnet - a cold-resistant hybrid with maroon fruits. On its stem, up to 80 cm high, up to 40 heads of cabbage can form.
5. Diamond - high-yielding disease resistant variety. Its fruits are dark green in color, up to three centimeters in diameter and have a pleasant taste.

Plants ripening all later are represented by the following varieties:

1. Curl - the variety bred by Czech breeders is one of the most productive. On a stem up to 90 centimeters high, a large number of fruits are formed, which have a diameter of up to 5 cm and a weight of up to 15 grams.
2. Gruniger - a hybrid, the taste of which improves after being in the cold. He has green-orange heads of cabbage with a diameter of about 4 cm and weighing up to 18 grams.

Gallery: Brussels sprouts (25 photos)

Growing from seeds

In order to get a rich harvest of a useful vegetable in the fall, at the end of March - beginning of April it will be necessary to sow its seeds for seedlings. For this, seedling containers and a nutrient mixture from peat, sod soil, mineral fertilizers and ash are prepared. The finished substrate is watered with a solution of potassium permanganate.

Planting material requires preliminary processing:

• placed in water with a temperature of 50 degrees for 15 minutes;
• keep for one minute in cold water;
• soaked for 12 hours in a solution of trace elements;
• washed under running water;
• keep in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator for a day;
• dried.

The prepared seeds are laid in the ground to a depth of about 1.5 cm.There should be a distance of 3-4 cm between the plants. placed in a warm place with an air temperature within +20 degrees. In such conditions, the first seedlings will appear in four to five days.

The difficulty of growing seedlings of Brussels sprouts lies in the fact that it needs provide daytime temperature within + 16-18 degrees, and at night - + 5-6 degrees. The optimum humidity for her is 70%. Therefore, after the appearance of seedlings, seedling containers are placed in a heated greenhouse or on a glazed loggia.

Care for seedlings before planting them in open ground consists in watering and loosening the soil.It is impossible to overmoisten the soil, otherwise the senses can be amazed by the black leg and die. The soil should always be slightly damp.

If the seeds were sown in a large container, then while the cotyledon leaves are developing, make a dive... Small plants, along with a lump of earth, are removed from a wet substrate, the central root is slightly shortened and planted in a separate pot.

Seedlings must be fed:

1. When two or three true sheets appear - a solution of 10 liters of water, 20 grams of ammonium nitrate, 10 grams of potassium sulfate, 40 grams of superphosphate.
2. The second feeding is carried out two weeks after the first. A solution is prepared from 10 liters of water, 30 grams of ammonium nitrate, 20 grams of potassium sulfate and 60 grams of superphosphate.

Plants are first watered with a nutrient solution, and then with water at room temperature. 10-14 days before planting seedlings in the garden, she is gradually accustomed to fresh air.

Landing in open ground

From about mid-May, when four to five true leaves appear on young plants, their can be planted in the garden... The site is chosen well-lit, with loamy fertile soils.

It is recommended to grow Brussels sprouts after onions, cereals, legumes, cucumbers, carrots, potatoes. Only four years later, the vegetable can be planted in the beds where beets, tomatoes, daikon, radishes, radishes, turnips, turnips, cabbage grew.

The site for planting a vegetable should be prepared in the fall. It is dug onto a shovel bayonet and a bucket of humus or compost is added for each square meter. In the spring, before planting, holes of 60x60 cm are made, into which two glasses of ash and two tablespoons of superphosphate are added. Seedlings are placed in the soil mixed with fertilizers, along with a clod of earth from the pot. The plant roots are covered with earth, which is watered and compacted.

Proper care of cabbage

Growing Brussels sprouts in the garden should be about the same as white cabbage. Plant requires regular watering, feeding, weeding and protection from diseases and pests.

Watering is of particular importance in growing crops, since Brussels sprouts love moisture. One square meter of the vegetable garden is watered with 30–40 liters of water. Approximately 8-10 waterings should be done during the entire growing season. When the heads of cabbage begin to form, the volume of water increases by about ten liters. In rainy weather, the frequency of watering is reduced.

If the soil in the garden is infertile, then the grown vegetable must be fertilized regularly:

1. 7-10 days after planting, one teaspoon of nitrophoska is added under two plants.
2. During the formation of heads of cabbage, a mixture of one teaspoon of nitroammophoska, 25 grams of superphosphate and the same amount of potassium sulfate is prepared. The mixture is diluted in a bucket of water and consumed one and a half liters per head of cabbage.

When growing cabbage outdoors, remember that this crop is often affected by cruciferous flea... To protect the plant from the pest, it is necessary to sprinkle the soil with wood ash before planting seedlings.

Harvesting and storage

The heads of cabbage begin to ripen about the third month after the Brussels sprouts are planted in the open ground. However, experienced gardeners advise harvesting only after the onset of cold weather... The plant tolerates cooling well, while the taste of cabbage improves from subzero temperatures.

First of all they collect lower heads of cabbage... The upper ones are left so that they acquire the desired density and volume.

When the foliage that covers the heads of cabbage begins to fall, you can start mass harvesting. To do this, the stem is cut at the root wall, and the leaves and apical bud are cut off. The heads are left on the stem where they can be stored for up to three months.

For long-term storage, the plant is dug up together with the root, the leaves are cut off from it, placed close to each other in the cellar and added dropwise. About thirty copies can be placed on one square meter.

Brussels sprouts can be frozen or store for about a month and a half in the refrigerator, previously wrapped in polyethylene... If there is a cellar, but the plants cannot be dug in there, then they can simply be put in boxes.

Useful properties and contraindications

Rich in vitamins, enzymes, amino acids and various minerals, the vegetable is very beneficial for the body. Its use contributes to:

• improving vision;
• lowering cholesterol levels;
• the fight against excess weight;
• reducing the risk of birth defects;
• good bowel function;
• enhancing mental activity;
• prevention of tumor development;
• reducing the risk of respiratory disease;
• good work of the pancreas;
• normalization of blood pressure in hypertensive patients;
• healing of wounds after surgery;
• increased immunity;
• normalization of the cardiovascular system.

The dietary product is recommended for the elderly and children. However, Brussels sprouts are not good for everyone. It is contraindicated in the following pathologies:

• gout;
• Crohn's disease;
• weakened pancreatic function;
• increased acidity of gastric juice.

In the latter case, you can eat the vegetable, but infrequently and with caution.

In cooking, Brussels sprouts are used for preparing a side dish to fish or meat, soups, salads and to decorate various dishes. Even a novice gardener can take up the cultivation of Brussels sprouts, since this culture is unpretentious in care. However, you should first study the rules for growing it from seeds and the features of care. As a result, it will be possible to harvest a good harvest of healthy vegetables in the fall.

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Brussels sprouts are an unusual biennial plant (there is something exotic in it, reminiscent of a palm tree) with a growth period of about six months in the first summer it forms heads of cabbage used in cooking along a thick stem, and in the second it works for seeds. This vegetable crop is demanding on light, loves moisture, and tolerates a drop in temperature well. It continues growing during cold snaps up to 5-8 C and even short-term frosts.

The article gives the characteristics of the plant, describes the cultivation of Brussels sprouts in the open field, gives the main agricultural techniques.

Brussels sprouts: cultivation and care depend on the climate

The climate of our country is difficult enough for the cultivation of certain crops. Unlike Europe with the Gulf Stream and mild winters, which prolong the growing season of many vegetables, growing Brussels sprouts in the Urals limited by seasonal limits and severe temperature extremes. Transferring to the ground too early is not justified, because under the influence of strong return frosts, the most seasoned Brussels sprouts die. Her growing in Siberia relevant only through seedlings planted at almost two months of age in the first 15 days of May.

Brussels sprouts growing and care photos

Growing Brussels sprouts in the Moscow region has its own characteristics: it is necessary to choose early or early-medium varieties that have time to yield the harvest in a season, and the phased collection of heads of cabbage should be timed to mid-October. For example, the well-known variety "Hercules 1342" is a Brussels sprouts regionalized for this region. Its cultivation and care in the Moscow region are carried out by true gardening enthusiasts, who strive to place most of the known garden plants on their summer cottages.

Brussels sprouts varieties

A little more than a dozen varieties of this vegetable are listed in the State Register of Russia.To understand which variety is better to plant, you should study the offered assortment.

Brussels sprouts Hercules cultivation

Brussels sprouts Hercules... The cultivation of a well-known domestic variety is due to its external and taste characteristics. A late-ripening variety with a cone-shaped stem, on which oval heads are strung, does not go beyond the boundaries of average growth. Small heads of cabbage are great for cooking, homemade preparations (pickling, freezing, canning with other vegetables). However, it is less popular than the Hercules 1342 variant, which gives a higher yield and is immune to cabbage diseases.

Brussels sprouts Rosella cultivation

Brussels sprouts Rosella... Growing a mid-early variety, bred by German breeders, capable of almost completely yielding at the same time, makes it indispensable for gardeners who do not "live" in the beds and are content with rare visits. Like any other Brussels sprouts, Rosella is useful when growing and caring for adult plants according to the rules of agricultural technology, contains a fair amount of vitamin C and folic acid. In case of violation of agricultural practices - excessive fertilizing with nitrogen-containing fertilizers - it is capable of accumulating harmful nitrates.

Brussels sprouts sapphire cultivation

Brussels sprouts Sapphire... Cultivation in a summer cottage of a late variety, which requires more than 200 days for the harvest to ripen, is possible only in areas with early spring and long autumn. However, its amazing taste compensates for the labor costs of gardeners to transfer plants to greenhouses for growing with the onset of a steady cold snap. And if there is a desire to try heads of cabbage with excellent taste, it can be planted in the middle lane.

Brussels sprouts Casio cultivation

Brussels sprouts Casio... Growing a medium-sized and ripening variety, decorated with a blue-green top, guarantees a large number of good-tasting heads of cabbage on each plant. A bountiful harvest is an excellent way to plant this particular variety of Czech selection, which is tasty both fresh and thermally processed. This variety has a light nutty flavor that adds interesting flavor to green salads.

You saw Brussels sprouts in the photo: we will consider the cultivation of different varieties below (in principle, the agricultural technology is the same for all varieties).

Growing Brussels sprouts from sowing to harvest

If you previously planted a white-headed beauty in your garden, then you can cope with the Brussels one. In order to collect a decent harvest in addition to a new experience when planting an interesting plant, and not waste time fighting cabbage diseases and pests, it is worth learning a few simple rules. One of them is the mandatory observance of the crop rotation process (planting shift). You can return any variety of cabbage to where it grew in 4-5 years. The annual use of one corner of the garden for cabbage crops will lead to depletion of the soil, the accumulation of pathogenic bacteria and viruses, and as a result - an outbreak of diseases, poor plant growth, and small yields.

Basic Rules:

• You need to sow seeds at the end of March., can be in containers on the windowsill or in the greenhouse.
• The agrotechnology of growing seedlings is simple: rare abundant watering, protection from pests (it is necessary to process in a timely manner, since the cruciferous flea is capable of destroying all seedlings in a day). It is best to overdo it by dressing the seeds before sowing with a special compound (for example, "Prestige" - 1 cube per half liter of water). Next, we just cut through the plants so that they do not stretch out. No picking is required!
• It is possible to plant in the ground already at a seedling height of 10 cm... She will already have 4-5 true leaves, by this time the roots are sufficiently developed.

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How to impress your country house neighbors with a good harvest of Brussels sprouts? The cultivation technique of this species is similar to the white one:

• A well-drained, deeply cultivated land is required, the best option is types of loam.
• When planting, not rotted organic fertilizers should be excluded, and then watering with fermented herbal infusion, because with a direct hit of fresh organic matter, cabbage is capable of accumulating a large amount of nitrates.
• During the growing season, if the soil has been well prepared in advance, you can do without feeding at all, or arrange "nutritious days". A decade after planting the seedlings, it is worth adding nitrogen fertilizers, and when tying heads of cabbage, focus on the phosphorus and potassium necessary during this period. Experts recommend using only mineral fertilizers.

Brussels sprouts growing from seeds when to plant

Brussels sprouts outdoor cultivation and care

The longest ripening cabbage is Brussels sprouts. Growing seedlings from seeds is the only way to get results in our weather conditions.

• You can sow at the end of Marchas soon as the soil ripens, cabbage is not afraid of frosts and perfectly survives a cold snap, frosts down to -3 ° C.
• A depth of 1 cm is enough, the distance between the rows is 10-12 cm.
• Drizzle generously and cover with plastic wrap. Seedlings appear in about 7-10 days.
• It is important to protect the seeds by dressing them against cruciferous fleas or by sprinkling the preparation directly into the rows.
• Further care is quite simple: water once a week, and weed the weeds.
• As soon as the seedlings rise slightly, break through the dense crops, leaving 1 plant per 5 cm.

Brussels sprouts are sown in rows for seedlings

With a plant height of 10-15 cm, they are planted in holes in a permanent place. Before planting the holes, it is advisable to spill water and sprinkle a couple of guests with loose humus.

Growing seedlings of Brussels sprouts at home

Since it takes almost six months from planting, the appearance of the first shoots to ripening and the moment of harvesting, this type of cabbage is sown with seeds and grown through seedlings. To get strong, sturdy seedlings you need:

• choose the best variety that meets the preferences of the gardener in terms of parameters: ripening period, taste, size range, color palette of leaves (this criterion is important when creating an ornamental garden)
• mix a soil substrate from non-acidic peat, humus, earth, sand and wood ash (it must be sifted). Garden soil is less suitable for seedlings of Brussels sprouts. Its cultivation on garden soil without additional disinfection (calcination) can lead to rot of immature seedlings, the spread of diseases among seedlings, and then to loss of yield
• follow the general rules for planting all cabbage species, observe the necessary distances (5 cm per seedling in diameter) and the sowing depth (1 cm).
• provide the necessary watering and light regime: if the temperature in the apartment is quite enough for the development of cabbage, then the light must be provided to the maximum. Daylight hours should be at least 12 hours, and the illumination should be intense. Therefore, choose windowsills on the sunny side. We water rarely, but abundantly. Don't forget about drainage: there must be holes in the bottom of our container.
• maintain the required temperature: during the day we keep the seedlings warm on the windowsill, at night we send the beauty to the glazed loggia. In this way, the required regime will be observed, and the plants will be hardened.
• fertilize with a solution of fertilizers. It is better to use liquid fertilizers diluted with water in the proportion intended for seedlings. This information is usually indicated on the packages.

Brussels sprouts are very easy to grow at home

How do lunar phases affect the planting of Brussels sprouts when grown from seeds? When to plant seeds for seedlings? Any vegetables with an edible ground part are recommended to be planted on the "growing" moon. The optimal period is the end of March, the first ten days of April. A light, loose substrate is laid out in separate peat containers. The earth is slightly compacted, 3-4 seeds are planted in the hole at a short distance, sprinkled with a layer of earth up to 2 cm.When sprouts appear, you should watch their development, then cut off or pinch off less successful ones near the surface of the earth, leaving one for further growth. Do not pull the stems out of the soil - this will damage the root system of the selected specimen.

Brussels sprouts: cultivation and care. Photos of plants in different periods of the growing season

Plant Brussels sprouts in rows at a distance of 40-50 cm in a row, 60-70 cm between rows

Growing seedlings of Brussels sprouts at home involves maintaining a low temperature regime, which is problematic in a warm apartment. It is all the more difficult to ensure a significant drop in temperature at night. Experts recommend placing racks with seedling boxes on glazed balconies, where the air is optimally cool. If necessary, it is convenient to put a nonwoven material on rigid structures so as not to "freeze" delicate sprouts. The best temperature for Brussels sprouts, its seedlings when grown, is from 12-15 during the day to 8-10 at night.

But the planted seedlings of Brussels sprouts have grown a little

Plants prepared for planting at the age of 30-45 days (when they release 4-7 true leaves) are determined in the soil. When transferring seedlings, it is necessary to compact the soil at the stems of the plant to prevent it from rolling out of the ground.

Open field cultivation of Brussels sprouts is a garden experiment, when you want to try something different, and not be content with traditional white cabbage. It is suitable for summer residents who are not going to cultivate a vegetable on an industrial scale.

Growing Brussels sprouts from sowing to harvest is no different from growing white cabbage

In a small area, it is easy to maintain cleanliness, remove weeds, water, if necessary, feed, spray from pests with infusions of bitter pepper, garlic, tomato tops. To preserve the moisture and looseness of the earth, a layer of mulching materials should be laid out under the plants (cut dried grass, large leaves, you can lay the broken side leaves of the cabbage itself). At the initial stages of cabbage development, treatments with strong preparations are permissible, which will have time to go through a decay period before ripening.

Brussels sprouts: growing secrets are simple

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Brussels sprouts: growing secrets

This favorite of European chefs, a culture with an extended yield period, allows you to cook dishes from a freshly harvested vegetable for several months. To get a result that you can be proud of, growing Brussels sprouts at home should be done with knowledge of some of the subtleties:

• This variety has a strong, voluminous root system and therefore requires ample space around it. With compacted beds, shading gives a much lower yield, develops worse. Therefore, it will be better to withstand a step of 60-70 cm between copies if you have enough land. If a small plot is allocated for this type of cabbage, it is better to plant several plants selected according to varietal characteristics and get a decent result than trying to fit two dozen sprouts on one meter, which will only be suitable for composting.
• It develops successfully after root crops (carrots, potatoes), loves green manure, onion, legumes in its predecessors.
• Avoid planting Brussels sprouts where any of the cruciferous plants grew last summer.
• The soil must be dug deep in the fall with the obligatory addition of fertilizers, ash and lime, and then easily processed in the spring. Liming is worth it, since the "Brussels guest" adores calcium, and the process itself deacidifies the soil, increases the percentage of assimilation of potassium and phosphorus, and increases the effect of fertilizers.
• The vegetable does not need hilling. The maximum that may be required is a little loosening of the soil, because even at the base of the stem, small cabbage heads are poured.
• In late varieties, after calculating the 30-day period before harvest, they pinch the growth point, cut off the top leaves in order to accelerate ripening.

Features of the cultivation of Brussels sprouts, its collection and storage:

• advanced gardeners, especially in areas with constant winds, install supports to prevent the vegetable from falling
• if the leaves framing the place where the coots are attached begin to turn yellowish, and the fruits themselves are covered with a pronounced waxy bloom - you can celebrate the victory, it's time to harvest.
• the crop is harvested selectively, starting from the largest lower heads of cabbage, providing further growth and nutrition of the upper heads
• do not delay the harvest too much, wait for the heads of cabbage to become too large - the bitterness that appears will reduce the pleasure of taste
• at the end of the season, the apical leaves are removed, the stems of Brussels sprouts are cut down. They can be stored without picking up the heads of cabbage, wrapped in plastic wrap at a temperature close to 1 C for another couple of months.
• Plants dug up along with the roots can be transplanted in the fall for growing in a greenhouse, because vegetate successfully at low temperatures. In this way, it is easy to extend the fruiting period and get healthy cabbage for a few more weeks.

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(Better - potted, gives a "run" of 15-20 days).

Long-term gardeners recommend to everyone who wants to get a richer harvest to break off the top of the bush when the first small heads of cabbage appear. This will prevent the plant from stretching upward.

During the entire period necessary for the emergence of sprouts and the gain of strength by the root system, it is important to remember 2 things: airing and watering. For this, glass is removed daily, condensation is removed, and the soil, if necessary, is moistened. In addition, seedlings need to be fed. For the first time, such a process is carried out when the 2nd true leaf hatches, and after that - after 1.5 weeks. First, 1 g of potassium-rich fertilizers and superphosphate, as well as 2 g of urea, are taken for 1 liter of water. Then for the same volume of water - the amount of feeding is 2 times more.

The soil is desirable loamy, and its acid-base balance is neutral or with a slight shift towards acidity. What exactly should not be is too heavy soil, rich in clay, or diametrically opposite to it light sandy. Organic matter is introduced without fail in the fall, when the plot is harvested.

How to grow Brussels sprouts correctly?

After 1.5-2 months, seedlings can be transplanted into open ground. It is advisable to fertilize the soil before planting. Cabbage needs to be spilled periodically, since a good exchange of air is necessary for the root system. Weeds need to be weeded thoroughly. Every two weeks, fertilizing with complex fertilizers is performed. During the growth of leaves and development of heads of cabbage, watering should be increased. The soil can be sprinkled with ash to help protect against pests.

Quite often it happens that by this time the fruits have not appeared. This may be due to unfavorable weather conditions. Do not panic, and even more so, remove plants from the site. This horticultural culture continues to grow and develop until the very frost. It can withstand temperatures down to -7-10 degrees.

This garden crop is demanding on soil fertility, however, like other varieties of cabbage. Therefore, before planting seedlings, the site is fertilized with organic substances. In each hole, you need to add 1/3 teaspoon of this fertilizer. Organics are also used in the future for feeding plantings.

The Boxer hybrid belongs to the late varieties. The fruits ripen in 6 months.

At the beginning of November, the entire remaining crop is finally harvested. As soon as the frost becomes permanent, it is necessary to cut down the plant at the root collar, remove the leaves and apical bud. Grown up and not yet harvested heads of cabbage should be plucked together with the stem, since they can be stored in this way for a longer period (up to four months).

If you did not have time to apply fertilizer in the fall, then you can do it in the spring, when you need to dig holes. In open ground, seedlings of Brussels sprouts are planted in early May. The following planting scheme is used: three to five leaves on an area of ​​60 by 60 cm.

Many gardeners will probably be interested in growing Brussels sprouts on their personal plot. Indeed, in stores it is sold only frozen. It is the youngest vegetable crop in the cabbage family. If other varieties of cabbage have the shape of a head of cabbage, then Brussels sprouts are presented in the form of a long stem with a fluffy top. Along its entire length, the stem is dotted with small heads of cabbage no more than four centimeters in diameter.Plant immediately after the early one.

It is too late to plant through Brussels sprouts. If the weather in your region now allows, you can plant it in the ground under a shelter. It's even better than seedlings. Brussels sprouts are cold-resistant, even more cold-resistant than white cabbage. Withstands frosts down to -8 ... -10 ° С. In general, any cabbage takes root and develops better at low temperatures, which are very difficult to create in an apartment. For Brussels sprouts, the optimum temperature is + 15 ... + 18 ° С. Last year, we planted the Brussels sprout on May 9 in open ground. Despite the fact that it was late in the day, since the ripening period for her is quite long, the cabbage managed to ripen and give a crop. Care for it is the same as for any other cabbage. The pests are the same. It is better to plant at once in a permanent place, several seeds per hole, leaving the strongest ones later. It is good to add ash to each hole when planting.

The picking of seedlings of Brussels sprouts must be done after 1.5 months from the day of sowing. By this time, the seedlings usually have 4-5 adult leaves, which indicates the readiness of the culture for further action.

If the decision to plant was made in the spring, humus is introduced during the digging of the earth or clearly into the hole during the planting of seedlings. Excessive spring soil enrichment will lead to the fact that instead of a rich harvest, Brussels sprouts will produce lush foliage. The heads of cabbage themselves, in addition to being late, will turn out to be less than expected in size.

How to grow Brussels sprouts according to all the rules?

The apical buds should be cut off at the end of August. This is necessary for better growth of heads of cabbage and their greater density. The Brussels sprouts are harvested at the end of September. Pluck heads when they ripen. The heads of cabbage become shiny and dense, their diameter is three centimeters.Fruits on such plants will form in October.

Description of Brussels sprouts and the best varieties

Caring for Brussels sprouts includes a hilling procedure, which is carried out repeatedly.The need for this is due to the high growth of plants - up to 80 cm.

• The cultivation of Brussels sprouts is carried out using the seedling method. Planting seeds for seedlings is carried out in mid-April. The ideal place for sowing seeds is a greenhouse, balcony, loggia or windowsill on the south side. Landings require good lighting and a certain temperature at night - 5-7 degrees, daytime - 15-17 degrees. In addition, the seedlings need to provide a high humidity of at least 80%.
• Brussels sprouts are an unpretentious plant. Therefore, caring for her will not be a hassle. Even a novice gardener can grow it.
• Since Brussels sprouts have a long growing season (160 days), other vegetables such as cucumbers or tomatoes can be planted in the aisle.

Sowing seeds and growing seedlings

Since Brussels sprouts are planted with seedlings, they must be grown in advance. In late March - early April, seeds are sown. For their cultivation, a glazed balcony or a heated greenhouse is suitable to ensure the optimal temperature level (at night - 6-8 degrees, during the day - 18-20 degrees). While the seeds have not yet sprouted, the ambient temperature should be 2-3 degrees. Already on day 3-4, you can see the first small sprouts.

Planting later will reduce the yield.

Just like any other. Sow seeds for seedlings. Plant seedlings in the beds. Water. Harvest in the fall.

How to care during the growing season?

Attention will have to be paid to a few more nuances when transplanting plants into open ground. For example, preventing their thickening in the garden. The scheme that experienced summer residents propose to use here looks like 0.6 by 0.6 m or 0.6 by 0.7 m.This is enough to enable adult culture to develop freely. At the same time, at the time of disembarkation, you will have to take care of the correct deepening: the lowest sheet should touch the soil.

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Almost all summer residents grow cabbage. But for the most part, these are ordinary white varieties, occasionally colored or broccoli. But for some reason, some species are deprived of attention, for example, Brussels sprouts. Although it takes not the last place among vegetables, both in taste and in health benefits.

Harvesting is carried out when the heads of cabbage become dense. In order to ensure that the fruits are not scattered into individual leaves, they are cut off at the stem itself. Brussels sprouts can be frozen. At the same time, they do not lose nutritional value and taste. Fresh crop is not stored for a long time. Sometimes the plants are dug up along with the roots and buried in the cellar to keep them longer. Some gardeners have adapted to store the stems of Brussels sprouts along with the fruits on the loggia or balcony between the frames.

Frequent loosening of the soil will provide good air exchange, which is very important for the root system of the plant.

Seed planting is carried out at a distance of 4-5 cm from each other. The planting depth is 2 cm. The seeds germinate very quickly. Already on the 5-6th day, you can get the first shoots. This is the agricultural technique of this vegetable crop.

Diseases and pests

Brussels sprouts are a unique exotic vegetable that has medicinal properties and high taste. Many budding gardeners are interested in how to grow Brussels sprouts at home. To obtain a plentiful and tasty harvest, the plant, first of all, will need proper care and proper maintenance conditions.

Once a week, the plant is fed with fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorus in equal proportions.

Growing problems

For sowing seeds, you can use special peat pots or cubes. If you are planting seeds in a box, then the distance between the rows should be at least 6 cm, between the seeds - at least 3 cm.Moreover, they are embedded to a depth of no more than one centimeter.

Growing seedlings, planting, caring for a white-headed one,

Just like the white one, warm the ground, water the garden bed and 3 seeds in each hole, pull out excess or weak seedlings later, and plant the strong ones and grow them like ordinary cabbage

Top dressing is one of the most important details in the cultivation of Brussels sprouts. Although their main period falls on finding the seedlings at home, before transplanting them, the soil is spilled with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. After that, you will have to fertilize the ground several times with a mullein solution. The most valuable substances for her are potassium and nitrogen. In addition, the culture is moisture-loving, so watering should be increased if it does not occur naturally.

Harvesting and processing

The cultivation of most crops starts with sowing them. In the case of Brussels sprouts, nothing changes. The most favorable time for this is the beginning or the middle of March. And, of course, work with seedlings will be carried out at home. Strengthened seedlings are planted in open ground no earlier than May. In regions with early spring, you can transfer the seedlings to a greenhouse or greenhouse already in early April. Interestingly, there should be little in the last light, while an adult plant likes abundant sun.

In Brussels sprouts, not only the fruits are unusual, but also the bush itself. A tall stem, 50-60 cm in length with a lush crown and many leaves with a bubbly surface, and a large number of small heads of cabbage with a diameter of 4 cm.Each of them weighs no more than 15 g. But Brussels sprouts differ from other vegetables of their kind in more than one only by fruits. It is worth remembering that this is a two-year culture. Although it bears fruit already in the 1st year, it sets the seeds only in the 2nd.

How to grow Brussels sprouts?

As you can see, growing and caring for this horticultural crop is not laborious and costly. The main thing that is required of you is to ensure proper conditions of detention and a little attention, and you will be assured of a tasty harvest.

The agricultural technology of Brussels sprouts is practically the same as that of other cabbage plants. This plant can be attacked by harmful insects and diseases. The big advantage of the variety is its resistance to cabbage fly infestation. The presence of mustard oils in the stems and fruits repels this insect.

At the stage of the appearance of the first leaf, the seedlings are dived into separate containers. Landing in open ground is carried out in 1.5-2 months. Since Brussels sprouts are characterized by strong growth, they need more space. Therefore, the plants are planted according to the 50x50 cm scheme.

The most capricious of all cabbages - Brussels sprouts, the cultivation of which is not widespread in our country, is still worth deciding to take this step and get a super vitamin harvest.

Brussels sprouts need regular watering, preferably well water.

Seedlings must be regularly watered, fed with mineral fertilizers (urea, superphosphate). It is also important to regularly ventilate the area where the seedlings are located.

How to grow Brussels sprouts?

Only less often to plant-

It can be through the seedlings, or it can be directly into the ground. If the weather permits, then it is much better and more convenient in the ground. Plant the seeds, cover with a jar and wait for the sprouts to appear, then remove the jar and with good watering and care, there will definitely be a result!

An important point in caring for Brussels sprouts, which distinguishes it from other species, is the absence of the need to huddle the crop. It is required to remove it only in October, when the heads of cabbage get stronger and the yellowed leaves fall off. After all, this is the most cold-resistant crop: and when the temperature drops to -8 degrees, it is capable of producing a good harvest. Subsequently, the stem must be cut down at the very root, breaking off the remaining leaves.

The soil composition for seedlings of Brussels sprouts is identical to that for white cabbage. This is either turf with peat in the same proportion, or turf with humus and peat (2: 1: 2). Organic containers are recommended for planting. Usually these are cups of peat pressed with humus. When transplanting, seedlings will have to be removed from them, and the container will serve as an additional source of valuable substances.

Cultivation of Brussels sprouts is possible even for a novice summer resident. True, for this you will have to carefully study all the rules of care and breeding, to master certain nuances inherent in this culture.

How to grow Brussels sprouts? This question interests many gardeners and summer residents. Brussels sprouts are considered to be unpretentious and long-growing cabbage.

Nevertheless, cabbage moth and cabbage whitefish love to feast on it. Chemicals are used to combat these pests.

Brussels sprouts: growing seedlings

• In the process of growing Brussels sprouts, competent and timely care is required, which consists primarily in regular watering. Water the seedlings with chilled settled water.
• The stem height varies from 50 to 80 cm. This is one of the unpretentious and long-growing varieties of cabbage. The stem of the plant is densely covered with small heads of cabbage the size of a walnut. The fruits are formed in the axils of the petiole leaves.
• Since cabbage has tall shoots, it will need to be hilled several times. Also to provide air access to the roots

• Forty-five days after planting the seeds, the plants dive.
• 50-60X70 cm.

Brussels sprouts: cultivation and care

Its peculiarity is a long period of development,

Of the varieties of Brussels sprouts available on the market, only 2. The first one under the name "Hercules" has gained popularity. In terms of its nutritional properties, it really has something in common with the oatmeal of the same name. It contains more protein than many other plant sources, the same can be said about vitamin C. At the same time, the fruits are excellent for conservation. But this variety is late-ripening.

Experienced gardeners recommend purchasing not cups, but peat-distilled tablets covered with a synthetic mesh. With them, the technique is slightly modified: the seed is laid deep into the tablet, after which it gains strength in it until the root system begins to look out. Only after that, the tablet moves into a container with earth, where the seedling will grow until the day of planting in open ground.

In the middle lane, the vegetable grows without any problems, if you correctly select the site and prepare the seedlings. The process begins in the fall, when the soil is harvested. To begin with, determine the landing site. Brussels sprouts require the sun's rays, so a light-flooded area is much preferable to a shaded area. In this case, the plant must be protected from strong winds. Therefore, it is often recommended to look for understated areas.

The best varieties of Brussels sprouts

1. How to grow Brussels sprouts? The cultivation of this cabbage is not difficult. Good care and good soil will help you get a great harvest. Brussels sprouts can grow on slightly acidic soils, and it can also tolerate poorer soils.
2. One of the features of this hybrid is the intense growth of leaves on the trunk. Many gardeners, especially inexperienced ones, believe that the plant suffers from a lack of phosphorus, but this is not at all the case. For Brussels sprouts, this is a natural process.

In addition, the plants are periodically fed. For this, mineral fertilizers are applied with weed infusion alternately. You can use any other top dressing that contains equal proportions of nitrogen and potassium. Moreover, the amount of phosphorus in such fertilizers should be half the dose of nitrogen.

The Franklin variety belongs to the early maturing hybrids of Brussels sprouts with a ripening period of up to 4 months.

how to grow Brussels sprouts from seeds?

Natalie

It is necessary to constantly loosen the ground.

ANATOLY EVSYUKOV

Cabbage will grow best in loamy, slightly acidic soil, which should be well enriched with organic matter. It will not develop in acidic soil.

Irina Papayanni (Marinova)

Pinch the top about a month before the end of the growing season.

Oksana Kornilova

Ripens late.

Jeanne S

From the earliest, a copy with the name "Diamond" has proven itself well. This is a hybrid that is not susceptible to shooting. Harvesting from it takes place in September. Many other varieties - Rubin, Trafalgar and others - will produce heads of cabbage only in December, January or even February.
If the containers for planting are not taken separately, but a large box is used, it is required to maintain a distance between rows of 7-8 cm.In addition, a free zone of 4 cm is needed from seed to seed, deepening occurs by 1 cm. It is advised to germinate under a film or glass to speed up this process and create a natural greenhouse. Cups or drawers are removed into the shade, into the warmth.
The vegetable also tolerates light autumn frosts well, so it is not required to protect against them. But a lot of attention is paid to the chemical composition of the substrate. Firstly, Brussels sprouts are not planted where any representatives of this family previously grew. Choose soil previously occupied by potatoes, legumes, any cereals, beets. If you need to move it to the area where cabbage (any) once grew, you should wait 4 g.
You must start growing cabbage with seedlings. It is grown in indoor conditions or on a glazed balcony. For seedlings, you need to provide good illumination, optimal temperature and humidity. In the one-leaf stage, cabbage seedlings are dived into separate containers. Seedlings should be watered regularly using cold water. Top dressing is carried out every week.
During growth, young fruits - heads of cabbage - will form in the petiole axils of the leaves. There can be about 60-70 of them. As soon as the lower fruits grow, the top of the plant is cut off. This procedure is carried out at the beginning - in the middle of September. This technique stops the growth of cabbage and promotes the growth of fruits.
This crop can be successfully grown on slightly acidic soil. Unlike other varieties, Brussels sprouts are resistant to keel disease.

Mid-ripening variety Diablo fruit ripening period - 5 months.

Harvesting is possible in October and until late autumn. To do this, they begin to break out the lower largest heads of cabbage, while the upper ones still remain ripe.
Before you can grow Brussels sprouts, you need to prepare the ground. This is usually done in the fall. In the place of the proposed sowing of cabbage, the soil is intensively loosened, dug up, organic and mineral fertilizers are applied: superphosphate, potash fertilizer, manure or peat compost. In the spring, the soil is loosened again and fertilized with urea. After that, it is necessary to moisten the earth. And only after that you can start forming the beds.

I plant only Brussels, colored, kohlrabi and Peking. The first three - through seedlings, the last - seeds immediately into the ground. I sow the seeds in mini-greenhouses at the dacha, I have 3 boxes dug into a herd of humus, fill them with earth with the addition of humus, sow and cover them with glass on top (namely glass, not film - for this I have old window frames). I sow no later than May 6, I plant it in a permanent place when 3-4 real leaves appear. I did not notice any special problems in growing Brussels sprouts.

tatiana savchenko SIBERIA

Therefore, it is better to plant 60 days. seedlings

Since the growing season for this culture is long, you should not lose the free space that has appeared between the rows formed by the bushes. Tomatoes or cucumbers, as well as any types of peppers, will perfectly take root here. The main thing is that these are early maturing varieties.