Let's talk sprouts!

[Small pumpkin]

Let's do it
Would you believe I have 18 different types of sprouts? Some are ancient and probably beyond hope. Won't stop me sowing them however.
February seems to be the start of the sowing season - or should I start now?

FEBRUARY give the rest of use chance to catch up
18 !!..............Bl...y He11
Come on spill how out of date is your oldest packet? I'm guessing 5 years still perfectly viable.

[veggiechicken]

Right SP. You have thrown down the gauntlet and we're going into battle.

Tonight I will bag up some seeds of every variety I have and they will be winging their way to you. Between us, we will grow 18 varieties of Sprouts in 2018

[Snoop Puss]

Sprouts I have grown (in no particular order):
Evesham, Bedford, Long Island, Half Tall, Cromwell, Boswell, Igor, Petit Posy (Kalettes), Bronte, Montgomery and Trafalgar.

I've pretty well settled on the last three as my standard sprouts. Bronte is early, but also keeps going right through winter. Small sprouts, but worth it.

Edited to add: Doric and Falstaff. Actually, Doric were all right. I guess I abandoned them because there are only so many sprouts I want to grow. Though Mr Snoop says he likes sprouts so much he'd eat them every day.

[veggiechicken]

Aaargh!! I don't have some of those
Wonder how many varieties there are?

[Snoop Puss]

^^ Loads!

One thing's for sure: I won't be bothering with Kalettes/Petit Posy again. We've had a plague of grey mealy aphids this year, and once they've set up home in Kalettes, there's no getting rid of them.

[Small pumpkin]

Right SP. You have thrown down the gauntlet and we're going into battle.

Tonight I will bag up some seeds of every variety I have and they will be winging their way to you. Between us, we will grow 18 varieties of Sprouts in 2018

Just as well I've finally been aloud to rip the soft fruit out! So I can build a new bed just for sprouts!
It's going to have to be a big bed!!!
Thank you for your incredible generosity . I really didn't start this thread to end up with half the worlds supply of sprout seeds!
Do you have early half tall? I can send you some of those.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Can I Play?

I love Sprouts!

[Small pumpkin]

Can I Play?

I love Sprouts!

Play ! Play!? This is a very serious scientific experiment!






Of course you can play Deano

All you need to do is fill your garden with as many varieties as humanly possible

[veggiechicken]

These are the ones I have, in no particular order with date of packing:-


Fillbasket 2014
Brigitte F1 2014
Long Island Improved 2011
Catskill (HSL) 2014
Brest 2015
Early Half Tall 2012
Darkmar21 2014
Evesham Special 2015
Bedford Winter Harvest 2014
Cascade F1 2014
Revenge F1 2014
Trafalgar F1 2014
Maximus F1 2015
Seven Hills 2011
Bite Size F1 2017
Montgomery F1 2015
Rubine 2015
Red Ball 2014
Red Bull 2014 (Not a mistake there is a Ball and a Bull)
Sanda - undated - just a few seeds left from Real Seeds

Welcome aboard, Deano
What you got????

[Baldy]

Sprouts. The Devil's own veg...


No, scrub that, he'd ensure that we're tasty or at the very least edible...
Why do some people hate Brussels sprouts? | Science Focus

I've got the correct genes I think you'll find.

[Cadalot]

VC here is what's in my Seed Box

Review Of Seed Stocks in Zippy Bags

Bedford Darkmar 21- Just Seeds
Cromwell F1 - Marshalls - Sow By 09/2018
Evesham Special - Premier Seeds Direct - Sow By 11/2018
Mongomery F1 - Marshalls - Sow By 09/2019
Rubine Purple Sprout - Mr Fothergills - Sow By 2017

Review Of Seed Stocks in Packets

Bedford - 125 Seeds - £2.29 - Thompson & Morgan - Sow By 12/2019
Brest F1 - 40 Seeds - £3.45 - Mr Fothergill's - Sow By 2020
Brodie - 35 Seeds - £3.69 - Thompson & Morgan - Sow By 12/2019
Brodie F1- 40 Seeds - £3.45 - Mr Fothergill's - Sow By 2021
Evesham Special - 500 Seeds - £1.89 - Mr Fothergill's - Sow By 2018
Evesham Special - 500 Seeds - £1.89 - Mr Fothergill's - Sow By 2020
Nelson - 40 Seeds - £3.45 - Mr Fothergill's - Sow By 2020

RRP Listed but most picked up in the Wyevale 50p seed sales

Remember like a puppy a Sprout is not just for Christmas, but unlike a puppy it can be eaten all year round.

[veggiechicken]

Right SP. You have thrown down the gauntlet and we're going into battle.

Tonight I will bag up some seeds of every variety I have and they will be winging their way to you. Between us, we will grow 18 varieties of Sprouts in 2018

I'm not sending you Catskill (only 3 seeds in the HSL packet ) or Maximus & Sanda (only a few left).
The red ones, Rubine, Red Ball and Red Bull look identical but different suppliers. They've used the same photo for Rubine & Red Ball!
There'll be 13 packets in the post very soon

Deano - I have a spare packet of Brest & Bedford Winter Harvest if you'd like them.

[Greenleaves]

even with all the space I have I have decided sprouts are off the menu. Too long in the ground to just end up on the compost heap.

Have fun though peeps

[Small pumpkin]

I'm not sending you Catskill (only 3 seeds in the HSL packet ) or Maximus & Sanda (only a few left).
The red ones, Rubine, Red Ball and Red Bull look identical but different suppliers. They've used the same photo for Rubine & Red Ball!
There'll be 13 packets in the post very soon

Deano - I have a spare packet of Brest & Bedford Winter Harvest if you'd like them.

Thank you VC !
13 is still a ridiculous amount of sprout varieties !!!
Some of them sound very cool. I'm going to grow a few of your early half tall and a few of mine to see if suppliers make a difference.

Deano I can send you some early half tall if you like.

[veggiechicken]

Ermmmmmmm, I haven't included Early half Tall as I knew you had them
This feels a bit like Happy Sprout families - I'll swap you ??? for %%% so that we all send up with the same set
GL, its not like you to wimp out of a brassica challenge!! (but I know what you mean about the time they take).
I'm going to sow a few seeds today, overwinter them in modules, plant out in spring and see if I can pick some in summer - just because I don't see why you can't!