Sowing calendar · Leafy
Brussels sprouts
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera · Couve-de-bruxelas, Col de Bruselas, Chou de Bruxelles, Rosenkohl, Cavolini di Bruxelles, couves de bruxelas
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysApr–Jun
- TransplantJun–Aug
- HarvestAug–Jan
- Germination
- 4–7 days · soil from 5 °C
- Spacing
- 70 cm between rows · 60 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Harvest after
- 100–150 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- hardy
- Life cycle
- biennial
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Seed saving
- hard · keeps ~4 years
Notes
A long crop: sow in late spring, not autumn. The sprouts firm up after frost; pick from the bottom up.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.