"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

"Rob Barrett" wrote
Hi all,
I've been lurking for awhile and learning alot. I'm an American
non-gardener now studying in Durham and catching the gardening bug.
Thanks
for sharing the richness of your community!

I've got some Brussels sprouts seedlings on the windowsill that I hope
to
plant out in a few weeks and I'm trying to decide where to put them.
I've
got a fence on the north side of the garden and was thinking of putting
a
row along the south side of the fence. Two questions:

(1) How close to the fence can I plant them? I'm trying to keep from
using up too much of the vegetable patch along that fence.

(2) I think I read somewhere that they should be planted out deeper
than
they are in the pots -- with the soil coming up to the first leaves on
the
stalk. Did I dream that up or am I remembering correctly? The
seedlings
have gotten kind of floppy, so I expect this will help them stand
better.


I haven't planted mine yet!
You will need to be careful as there is still the possibility of cold
weather and as your plants have been kept indoors they won't be able to
cope.

Surely it shouldn't get too much cooler now?
If they're kept under a cloche/cold-frame it should be safe, no?

I'm actually planning on trying some bruxles this year.
Never had enough room, before, but recently aquired an allotment(finally!)
and am sowing and planning like the clappers.

Unfortunately the allotment was in quite a state,
so am sowing in modules and pots, to transplant when it's ready.

--
J.P. in London.