Brussel Sprouts - too late to sow?

I have just had to pull up and throw away my Brussel Sprout plants because they were dying. I have no idea what was wrong but they went from looking okay to definitely dead, within a week. The leaves all hung down, yellow and brown, looking like a tree in autumn and the sprouts were black on the outside (in places, if not all over).

Anyway, my very important questions (to which I think I already, unfortunately, know the answer!) are -

Is there a variety that I could sow now?

Because they overwinter, would there be any problems if I sowed my usual seeds (Bedford) now and, hopefully, have some plant to plant out later? Would they grow and would I get sprouts in, let's say, March or just more dead plants?

I live on the South Coast, in Sussex, if that helps at all.

 

Thanks - that's as I suspected but you never know in this day and age! I've given some of the local Garden Centres a ring but most say that they haven't got any and won't be having any. One said that she thought they might be getting some in, in about a fortnight, but I doubt that as she didn't seem to sure.

I guess I'll have to buy my Brussel Sprouts this year! It was worth asking though!

Thanks again.

 

It is a bit late to grow sprouts now. Your Brussels that have gone limp and diseased must be either burnt or thrown in the dust bin. Dont put it on the compost heap, your brussels could have clubroot disease if this is the case dont plant any kind of brassicas in this place. sprinkle 4-6oz per sq yard of Lime before sowing or planting brassicas as this minimises the risk of club root disease. you can strip off the lower leaves to give energy for the development of the buttons.

 

Thanks Fancy,

I have already destroyed the plants as I couldn't say why they had died so wouldn't dare compose it. The root didn't look as though it had club root (it looked quite normal and healthy) and I couldn't see any other reason.

One thought did come to mind; I saw a programme on TV (I think it was to do with allotments) on which some chap said that he produced a butterfly deterrent, which he sprayed onto his cabbages, by rotting rhubarb leaves in water. Well, I tried this (it smelt dreadful!) and sprayed it on my Brussl Sprouts only a couple of weeks before - and only on the Brussel Sprouts, nothing else. It might be purely a coincidence but it makes me wonder.

As a matter iof interest, within a few minutes of spraying the smelly stuff on the Brussels, a cabbage white butterfly landed, quite happily, on one of its leaves and I had to chase it off! So, it doesn't seem to work as a butterfly repellent but it may be a new type of herbicide!

Thanks again.

 

Thanks for letting me know it was'nt club root. May be it was the Rhubard treatment you gave, I will bear that in mind as I have some of it stewing for next year.

 

Hi Fancy,

You say you have some stewing for next year, so, do you use this Rhubarb treatment? I don't wan't to give up something that might actually work so, would you mind telling me how you do it, just in case it's different (and better) to what I do - which is just that when I pull the rhubarb in spring, I put the cut-off leaves in an old dustbin and fill it part way up with water - and then stand back! Is this okay or not the way to do it? Have you any other tips in using this stuff.

Thanks, again, for your reply!

 

I think I saw something about this and thought it interesting but then completly forgot about it. What exactly was it used for? Was it just to keep butterflys off?

 

Hi Quaedor, it is exactly the way you have done with the Rhubard leaves and leave in half filled tub or bin cover till next spring. It smells vile I just spray it round the base of the brassicas and not on the brassicas. The smell alone puts the aphids and root fly off. They may end up going to your neighbours.:D

 

In cannot find the source .. but someone was looking for Brussel Sprout Plants .. ready for planting out .. Go to Victoriana Nursery, Ashford , kent .. very unusual nursery .. smashing site .. gound tyhem today .. good luck to the lady who was looking

 

:yho: Found a place today that still has plant stock for immediate delivery Victoriana Nursery, Ashfor, Kent, smashing site .. all sorts of unusual stuff .. ordered 10 plants today for delivery next week and very reasonably priced...:thmb: GOOD LUCK

 

Why is a question asked 2 years ago coming up on this forum

 

Why is he calling me a lady?????

And what's a "gound tyhem"?

I'm a teapot ! I'm a tea-pot !

Seriously, Bluestar, thanks for trying to help but you're two years too late!