Plant Gardens 101

Brussel sprouts are a great vegetable to add to anyone’s garden. They do well in a variety of temperate climates, so regions where cold weather sets in, brussel sprouts will do just fine.

They are a great source of many minerals and vitamins that the human body required, meaning that adding them to your diet can satisfy many nutritional needs.

Here in this tutorial I give you some simple steps you can follow to increase the harvest of these wonderfully nutritious vegetables right in your own backyard.

Start by preparing your site. If you are going to grow them in pots on your porch or balcony make sure have a pot at least twelve inches deep with a diameter of ten inches filled with garden soil available from any home or garden center. For the traditional backyard garden, make sure you mix in plenty of compost or manure in the fall so the soil is ready in the spring. Get yourself a pH soil tester. Brussel sprouts require soil to be less acidic so keep the soil pH level under 7. (more…)

Growing brussel sprouts is fairly easy to do, and they are my favourite. Brussels are biennials that are grown as annuals. There are various types of brussel sprouts and they are divided into groups according to maturity.

The brussel sprout groups are divided into earlies, mid-season, and lates. Of note is that brussels sprouts are very hardy and can survive temperatures well below freezing. Plant heights vary from dwarf sizes of 35 cm to tall sizes of around 75cm. Brussels sprouts however quite slow growing. (more…)