Growing Brussel Sprouts
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
This was taken about 3 weeks ago, and has since shot up amazingly. The stem has filled out and is beginning to thicken up ready to start providing us with little sprouts, i hope!
Ironically the two plants under the Brassica cage got a little attacked by caterpillars…nothing me and my trowel couldn’t handle though - but the ones in the old potato buckets have been completely left alone. Maybe they prefer the challenge?
I’ll post a lot more about the brassicas soon…they’ve been hidden away from the butterflies, but as i finish work for the summer soon, i’ll be able to get out there during the day, and take some pictures of them under the meshy protection.
The build-a-ball cage is intact and surprisingly strong. It’s survived a proper battering by the wind. As the brussels inside are growing , they are growing out of the confined space. I’ve taken out the six metal poles at the corners and in the middle and replaced them with garden canes instead, which are half the height again.
This way, i can match the brussels growing with new canes. We made sure we cut the mesh so we had spare as a skirt, so that it would be extendable.
