Brussels Sprout : Trafalgar F1

Brussels Sprout : Trafalgar F1

1 packet (40 seeds) @ $3.95

Catalog Code: 171

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Brussels Sprout : Trafalgar F1

Vegetable

  • Days to Harvest: 240 days to first harvest

Description

Just imagine a Brussels Sprout which you can serve at the dinner table, and the children come back for seconds! Thanks to the work of the breeder, continuously striving for a better, sweeter flavor, your wish can now come true with Trafalgar. This modern hybrid produces a heavy crop of medium sized, firm button sprouts and they keep their excellent quality over a long period of time.

Sowing Instructions

Sowing time:Indoors 6-8 weeks before planting out
Sowing depth:12mm (½in) deep

Sow indoors and transplant for the best crops. Sprouts improve in quality and grow best during cool or even lightly frosty weather; sow so that your plants will begin to mature when the weather is cool. Plants set out in late spring to early summer in most areas grow satisfactorily and mature high-quality sprouts when the fall weather begins to cool. Outdoors sow in a seed bed in early to mid spring, thinly 12mm (½in) deep in rows 23cm (9in) apart. If the soil is dry, water well and allow to drain before sowing.

Growing Instructions

Transplant when approx. 15cm (6in) tall, allowing 60-80cm (2-2.5ft) between plants. Plant firmly, the soil should be well limed and in good heart, with plenty of well rotted compost etc., preferably from a previous crop. Before planting rake in 3oz/sq yd of a balanced fertilizer. Water in dry weather.

Aftercare Instructions

When the sprouts start to form, pinch out the growing point to assist development. To avoid the danger of Clubroot grow your Brassicas (Cabbages, Sprouts, Cauliflowers etc.) in a different site each year so that they only occupy the same spot once in four years.