"Chookie" wrote in message
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In article , "David Hare-Scott"

wrote:

In the autumn I planted various brassicas. The cabbages grew and made
large
cabbages, the cauliflowers grew and made good heads etc. However the
brussels sprouts grew stems with leaves and little tiny sprouts about
the
size of a pea. They are all in the same plot and treated the same way.
Now
it's spring and I am about to pull out the brussels sproutless. Can
anybody
tell me why the sprouts never grew any sprouts?

They are very slow-growing, and they need cold to crop.

I've seen recommendations to plant the seedlings in February, which is
insane
in Sydney -- they keel over in the hot weather. Problem is that planting
them
later doesn't give them enough time to grow.


We do get quite cool winters usually but this one was fairly mild, only a
handful of hard frosts. Oh well it's too late now I need the space for
summer crops.

David