"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Alan Holmes" wrote
Why is it that the sprouts on my plants are so small, this is the second
year it has happened, or am I growing the wrong variety?

Which are Brassica gemmifera, at least that's what it says on the packet!

I think I got them from Wilkinsons.


Check your soil pH, it needs to be 7+, never below 7.

I have no idea how to do that, or even understand the results!(:-(

With manure and compost being incorporated it's easy for the pH to creep
down over time.

In the spot where they are, I would doubt that it has been manured, or had
much in the way of compost added.

Are you planting them early enough in the year?

Can't be sure, I'm principly a lazy devil, so I just get up and do
something, when I'm too bored to remain sitting down!

Do you ensure they are well, I mean well, firmed in?

I think so, but before I tried this variety, I don't recall ever having
trouble before.

We grow Trafalgar and Icarus both from T & M.

I'll have to look for some other variety and see if that makes a difference.

Alan