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I sowed sprouts montgomery in paper pots in the greenhouse, the plants are quite big now but the leaves turned a reddish purple colour they started off bright green, what has gone wrong never grown sprouts before
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Last edited by pepper; 19-05-2012, 09:15 AM. -
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they are about 4 inches tallComment
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How many leaves do they have? Purple coloring on brassica leaves can be a sign that they need feeding.Comment
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they are just growing leaf number 5, they are in the same pot i sowed them in, I sowed them at the same time as cabbage and cauliflower and swedes, I have these planted in a raised bed under fleece and they are doing really well. Do you think i would be better planting the sprouts too. I was recommended seaweed feed for my onions would this be ok to use on the sproutsComment
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I think they could do with potting on or planting out.Comment
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Discoloured leaves are sometimes a plant is under stress. I would plant them out soon.
Cheers, Tony.Semper in Excrementem Altitvdo Solvs Varivs.
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thankyou for your help I am going out now to plant them in the raised bed, I have had them in a cold frame for a few weeks will put the fleece tunnel over them and give them some seaweed,hope they will recover okComment
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give them a spray with the liquid seaweed. The foliar feed will helpComment
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have planted the sprouts in the raised bed and sprayed them with the seaweed, so i am hoping this will helpComment
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Been hoping for free p&p, missed out a few weeks ago - we were in Cyprus, where we saw some 'Fernleaf' lavender. Looks really nice. So I thought I'd look for some plugs/plants when we got back. Seems that you start them from seed, only a few places do them. T&M had them for 99p though, but with...Today, 10:17 AM
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