Brussels sprout plants arehardy vegetablesthat are member of the lettuce kin . Their small , round , leafy vegetable look very interchangeable to petite lettuce heads . Although planted during the summer months , Brussels sprout plant life are cool - weather condition plants that do not produce any sprout until the nightfall or wintertime . Although austere pruning is not required , gently pruning Brussels sprout plant will in reality encourage more vigorous growth and extra sprout development .

Step 1

Wait until you see at least one sprout develop on the plant life and then prune off the lowest six to eight leafage using hand pruning hook . Make the cut as cheeseparing to the master vertical stem as potential without damage it with the blade .

Step 2

Trim off two to three extra lower leaves each hebdomad throughout the end of the growing season using the same technique . Keep several large , intelligent upper leaves , which feed the plant .

Step 3

Wait until three calendar week before you are planning to harvest the sprout . quit reduce off the lower leaves of the plant life and instead cut 1 to 2 - column inch off of the uppermost vertical stalking using the hand lopper . Make the cut direct across the stem , sooner just above a leaf .

Brussels Sprout Plants That Produce Large Sprouts

When grown under the right cultural status , healthy Brussels sprout are bright to deep putting surface in colour and look like small , tight heads of cultivated cabbage . A long - turn vegetable , Brussels shoot require or so 80 to 100 24-hour interval when grown from seed until harvest . The typical Brussels sprout is between 1 to 2 inch in diameter . The plant requires full sunshine and fecund , well - drain soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 . Note that declamatory Brussels sprout cultivar typically have less uniformity , and the sprout itself has loose leaf and is less compact , characteristics that in the distinctive Brussels sprout plant are suggestive of supernumerary nitrogen in the grunge . However , the large cultivars are know to produce sprouts with these equipment characteristic . The " Dolmic " is a pocket-sized flora that is ready for harvest after 115 days , although this variety is difficult to harvest by hand .

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