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Brussels Sprouts Seeds - Churchill F1 |
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Brussels Sprouts 'Churchill' is a tall, first early variety that crops from September to November. It produces mild tasting, tight pale green buttons that are evenly spaced on the stalk. It is a good reliable British bred brussels.
The leaves on the top of the Brussels can also be cooked and has a very mild sprout taste but only harvest a few of the leaves at a time and don't strip it fully. Cook like cabbage either shred and melt with butter & pepper or lightly steam.
Approx 35 seeds per pack.
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| Seed Information |
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Qty:
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Approx 35 seeds per pack. |
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Site:
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Full sun, fertile soil, sheltered site. Likes a soil with high pH so add lime to soil before planting if it is low pH (acid). Grow after Legumes in your crop rotation plan.
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Sow:
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How:
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Sow 2 seeds 1cm deep into a pot/module of compost. Remove weaker seedling if both grow. Plant out when seedlings are 15cm high, 75cm apart. Plant closer if smaller buttons are required. Firm the soil well around plant base. (Seeds can also be sown into prepared seed bed in late March to mid April, in rows 15cm apart and then transplanted when 15cm tall into final position 75cm apart).
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Care:
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Don't need much just keep watered in dry periods: to prevent windrock plant firmly by treading the soil and stake plant well as they are shallow rooting.
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September - November |
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