There are so many reasons to find space for brussels sprouts ( Brassica oleracea var gemmifera) in your garden. Plant in a vegetable garden or tuck a few seedlings in your flower garden too.
#Plant sprout how to
If you love this cabbage cousin as much as I do, read on to learn how to grow a bumper crop of crisp, crunchy brussels sprouts.īrussels sprout plants are incredibly ornamental, especially the purple varieties. Growing brussels sprouts isn’t difficult but it does require patience as the plants take about four months to go from seed to harvest. Boy, have times changed! Now I grow several varieties every year, waiting impatiently for the harvest season to begin in late autumn. At that time top watering is stopped and bottom watering is started. From seed to plant takes about 7 to 10 days and it’s on the way to becoming study healthy plant for the garden.As a kid I was definitely not a fan of brussels sprouts. Step 7: The plants will normally break the surface in about three to four days. Continue to spray and keep the potting mix moist but not wet.
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Use a spray bottle to lightly wet down the surface of the seed cell. Very little mix needs to be over the sprout. Gently cover the sprout and seed with potting mix to a depth of the width of the seed. The pencil eraser side can be used to move the sprout root down the hole until the actual seed is just below the surface the the cell. Carefully, take one of the sprouted seeds between your thumb and fore finger and direct the seed root that has been sprouted into the pencil hole. Use a pencil to poke a hole about an inch deep in to middle of one of the cells. Take a seed cell planting tray and fill it with a quality potting mix.
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It’s time to carefully remove the towel by opening the Ziploc wide and carefully sliding out the towel. This is how 100% plant growth can be produced. The seed that haven’t sprouted will not be planted. Step 6: In five days the seeds will be sprouted and ready to plant. Too hot or too cold will slow the sprouting time. The temperature for good seed sprouting is a range between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Put a light weight on top of the seed pack and the Ziploc bag to keep the seed contact. Set the seed pack on top of the bag as a marker of what plants the seeds will grow. Step 5: Close up the bag and place it seed side down on a soft surface such as a bath towel. Press down on the bag to remove air and give the seeds good contact with the moist towel. Pinch the bag on the end of the towel to keep the towel in the bag and slide your hand slowly and carefully out of the bag. Carefully place the towel with the seeds inside the Ziploc by sliding your hand and towel together into the open Ziploc. Pick up the paper towel with the seeds by placing it on the open palm facing up. Step 4: Take a pint-size Ziploc bag and open it up as wide as can be. Make sure the seeds are in good contact with the paper towel. Step 3: Place the seeds on the paper towel with a generous amount of space between them. Don’t wet the towel too much but just moist. Place the towel square on a counter-top and moisten the towel with a wet sponge.
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Step 2: Fold a section of paper towel into a square that will fit into a pint-size Ziploc bag. Fresh seed will always give better results for sprouting and planting. There are many good seed companies to get seeds or local nurseries will have them as well. Step 1: Of course step one would be to acquire the seeds. Spouting the seed first will guarantee 100% plant growth in 10 days. Many times only a few seeds will germinate and then another three weeks of waiting must be done for more pepper plants. Under good conditions the seed might germinate in potting mix in three weeks. One of the most difficult seeds to sprout is the famous pepper seed.
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This post will explain how to insure 100% plant growth from germinated seed sprouts. All sorts of methods have been written about, talked about, and experimented with how to plants seeds and nurture them to a food harvest. Down through the years much knowledge has be acquired about how to plant, grow, and harvest from seed planting. Plants produce an abundance of them every year.