LONG ISLAND IMPROVED Brussels Sprouts (85 day heirloom)

Name: LONG ISLAND IMPROVED Brussels Sprouts (85 day heirloom)
Brand: vendor-unknown
Price: 1.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)

$ 1.95

Heirloom 1890’s
A semi-dwarf plant, no more than 2’ tall with good yields of 1-2” sprouts. Can set 50-100 sprouts on a plant. Until the recent development of hybrids, this was the chief commercial variety.

100 seeds

Germ 3-10 Days

PLANTING:

Indoors - 1/4” deep, 4-6 weeks before transplanting out. Seed into cell trays or small pots. Liquid fertilize seedlings every 7-10 days. Transplant 18-24” apart.

Outdoors- Mid to late spring 1/4” deep and 18-24” apart.

Harvest- Start picking from bottom up, when they are firm and 1” across, cutting off the leaf below the sprout.

To harvest all the sprouts at once cut off the top of the stalk 4-8 weeks before you want to harvest or when lower sprouts reach 1/2” in size.

Tips- A heavy feeder- transplant/direct seed into well composted soil and side dress a few times during the season. The best and sweetest Brussels sprouts are harvested after going through a few frosts.

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06/17/2019

Barbara B.

United States

Good germination

It’s growing well after very high germination inside. Looks healthy and handsome. We’ll see how it survives the cabbage butterfly larvae.

06/13/2018

Matt R.

United States

Didn’t grow at all

1st pack didn’t even germinate. Replacement pack germinated at a low % and then got stringy and died. Other related plants like broccoli and broccolini did much better. Not sure what happened. Same problem last year.

06/14/2018

Pinetree Garden Seeds

Hi Matt - I'm so sorry to hear about your broccoli, and having so much trouble getting them to germinate. We do guarantee the germination of our seeds. I have refunded your credit card for them, as we guarantee our germination. Thanks for letting us know, Pinetree Garden Seeds

01/28/2018

Jo Anne

Boise, ID

Poor Instructions for Growing

They grew big and healthy looking, but no sprouts. I wish I had watched migardener's youtube video on growing brussel sprouts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N46a4sc0G6c). Apparently you need to remove all but the top 2" -3" of leaves 50 to 60 days before the first fall frost in order to get the sprouts to grow along the stem.