Sow in cold frames, pot plates or in seed trays
You can prevent possible night frosts by sowing the Brussels sprouts in seed trays or pot plates. An unheated cold frame is just as suitable. In both cases, you can start growing in March.
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This is how you can sow in pot plates:
- Fill the pot plate with potting soil up to approx. 0.5 cm below the edge
- Sprinkle three Brussels sprouts seeds in each pot
- Cover with soil and keep moist with a spray bottle
- the germination time is about a week
- after the first four leaves have developed, prick out
- only the most vigorous plant is preserved
Sow in the field
The time for outdoor sowing begins in April. Brussels sprouts are sown in rows in a well-prepared bed. The seeds are sown thinly in grooves one to two cm deep and lightly covered with soil. When watering, you should make sure that the seeds are not washed away.
The first seedlings will develop after about a week. Once they have developed three to four leaves, they are separated to a minimum distance of 15 cm.
Moving the young Brussels sprouts
The vigorous young plants come to their final place in the bed from mid-May to the end of June. The planting distance is at least 50 - 70 cm. With good care, the Brussels sprouts harvest begins in September.
Tips & Tricks
Pot plates make it easy to sow vegetable seeds and prick out the seedlings. Excess irrigation water flows off through holes in the floor and, depending on its size, the pot plate also fits on the sunny windowsill.
