New gardeners often ask ‘what sprouts should look like now – after planting but before they are mature?’
In August, brussel sprout plants :
- look much like any other brassicas , but taller & with one stem only.
- have closely spaced leaves, all up the stem
tie-brussel-sprout
- are starting to form tiny sprouts where the leaves join the main stem
- have a rosette of leaves at the top that looks like a loose cabbage
top-of-sprout-stalk
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Very informative site thanks.
Unfortunately I found it a bit late the whitefly have made a bit of a mess of the developing buttons (black mould has appeared).
Better luck next year as this is my first year of vegetable growing.
Comment by David E — October 3, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
Hi David
Sorry to hear about your whitefly attack – you are not alone, there are a lot about. Hopefully they will disappear as it gets colder, and you will get some decent sprouts at the top of the stalk. As long as the main leaves are OK the sprouts will keep developing.
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg — October 4, 2009 @ 2:37 pm