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Our rather large sprouts in Bristol

cg651065cg651065 Posts: 4
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Postage stamp garden with rather large sprouts here in Bristol. We have no idea why they are doing so well? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    All you need is a set of pretty lights, some tinsel and a fairy ... you’ve got Christmas covered 🤣 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Looks like the fairy part is covered @Dovefromabove  !!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Ladies! :D
    Are those flowers at the top?  Any plants with flowers have 'bolted' which is usually the result of them drying out at the roots at some point.  If you cut the flowers off, the sprouts themselves may continue to grow but it's possible that the developing sprouts will now 'blow' on the affected plants.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • cg651065cg651065 Posts: 4
    BobTheGardener said:
    Ladies! :D
    Are those flowers at the top?  Any plants with flowers have 'bolted' which is usually the result of them drying out at the roots at some point.  If you cut the flowers off, the sprouts themselves may continue to grow but it's possible that the developing sprouts will now 'blow' on the affected plants.
    Thank you for the advice. It’s our second year and learning! 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    it looks more like one of the jersey walking stick cabbages. I'd pinch out the top to force it to make the brussels.
  • cg651065cg651065 Posts: 4
    fidgetbones said:
    it looks more like one of the jersey walking stick cabbages. I'd pinch out the top to force it to make the brussels.
    Yes we have now done. Thank you 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    fidgetbones said:
    it looks more like one of the jersey walking stick cabbages. I'd pinch out the top to force it to make the brussels.
    Just how tall are the people in Jersey? :)

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  • cg651065cg651065 Posts: 4
    We are in Bristol 
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