Brussels sprout seeds

cautious colin · Post by **cautious colin** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:38 pm

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:30 pm I often buy them fresh from Super Duper, but they are overly-expensive. I've also seen them in other supermarkets frozen, and tinned...would never touch either, fresh is the only way to go.

I’d have thought buying them here frozen would be the way to go. How fresh could they possibly be?

Back at home, unless it was pea season, you would never buy peas anything other than frozen as they are the freshest you can get, as they are frozen at source. I’d assume that’s the same with sprouts

PSD-Kiwi · Post by **PSD-Kiwi** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:42 pm

I've tried frozen brussel sprouts...not a fan.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:43 pm

cautious colin wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:19 pm
taabarang wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:59 pm "Something like $12/$14 a kg.

That's more than I pay for meat. If I can locate seeds, I'll have a new cash crop.
Aren’t they too much of a cool temp crop to grow here. In the U.K. they are in season in autumn/winter

Correct, ,,,I grew them in NZ, but only in winter. You need a warm temperature like the end of summer when you plant the seeds / seedlings, and cold temperatures when the brussels sprouts form so they are nice and tight ,, other wise they are soft and a bit bitter in taste.

I have doubts that they would grow successfully here .

Post by **Username Taken** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:54 pm

From seed to harvest about 80-ish days. If the weather is too warm, they will just go to seed.

You could try planting in the first week of October hoping for a successful harvest in late December/early January.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 11:30 pm

I seem to recall seeing Brussels sprout seeds near the fish sellers at Orussey, but that was enough time ago to be unreliable.

Brussels sprouts need a cold snap to make the heads set, in tropical climates they'd run straight to flower. I've never seen a large cabbage here, and suspect it's for the same reason.

Super Duper occasionally carry frozen Brussels sprouts, we've had them as a treat with butter and bacon.

Final free grammar Nazi comment - they're named for the city of Brussels, hence Brussels and not Brussel sprouts.

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frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:32 am

cauliflowers go ok in the cool season so broccoli worth a try. i would give some shade

Post by **Username Taken** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:55 am

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:32 am cauliflowers go ok in the cool season so broccoli worth a try. i would give some shade

Broccoli is usually available in the local markets. But they're small like the cauliflowers.

Barang chgout · Post by **Barang chgout** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:46 am

Are the Brussels punishment for your kids?

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frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:48 am

no, that is lima beans

cptrelentless · Post by **cptrelentless** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:56 am

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:32 am cauliflowers go ok in the cool season so broccoli worth a try. i would give some shade

Broccoli, sprouts, caulis, they are all the same plant. All the broccoli I've seen here is shit, though. It's tiny and all stalk.

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