You either love them or hate them, but Brussel sprouts are a key component of a traditional Christmas dinner. GIY Plants, a popular website dedicated to all things to do with gardening, has honored the holiday season by releasing the ultimate care guide to this ‘Marmite’ vegetable.
The guide covers everything from Brussel sprout origins, varieties and benefits to detailing exactly how to successfully grow and care for them. Here, we offer a very brief sample of the guide, but you can read the full guide and discover a myriad of other gardening tips and topics by visiting the official GIY Plant website at https://giyplants.com.
The basics of growing the best sprouts
Brussel sprouts can be quite easy to grow if you know how to take good care of them – and they are well worth the effort, as they are an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin C, carotenoids, fiber, and folates. Luckily, GIY Plants has compiled a detailed care guide that contains all the knowledge you need for a successful spout harvest.
Sprout seeds are usually planted indoors in June before being transplanted to outside beds, and can take between 78-110 days to reach maturity. They are also suitable for container gardening.
In the care guide, GIY Plants advises using clay soil with a pH of 6 or 7 as an optimal sprout growing medium, and watering the plants once a week (or more if the soil is sandy instead of clay). Brussel sprouts need to be grown in full sun in zones 3-9, whilst also being protected by the wind. They thrive when treated with an NPK fertilizer at a 5-10-10 ratio.
GIY Plants also warns about various pests that can affect your sprouts, advises on the best companion plants, and gives details on how to successfully harvest and store the sprouts once fully matured.
An online treasure trove of gardening knowledge
GIY Plants is a specialist gardening website that was set up by a group of gardening enthusiasts in September this year. The group behind the project wanted to create the ultimate online resource for beginners as well as seasoned gardeners, offering sound advice and expert guidance to all who visit the site.
GIY Plants has compiled a treasure trove to information covering a range of gardening topics, with gardening tips, insights on plant pests and diseases, plus a variety of detailed outdoor plant and houseplant care guides. The ultimate mission of the website is to inspire other gardening devotees and guide them on their green-thumbed journey.
More information
You can discover a wealth of gardening information on the GIY Plants website at https://giyplants.com.
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