BRUSSEL SPROUTS – TRAFALGAR F1

Brussel Sprouts – Trafalgar F1 

BRUSSEL SPROUTS – TRAFALGAR F1 . An excellent modern bred F1 hybrid delivering a sweeter enhanced flavour and heavy crops of firm sprouts from Mid Dec to Mar.  A medium tall variety (75cm) with intermediate resistance to powdery Mildew.

Cultivation Advice Brussel Sprouts – Trafalgar F1 

Days To Germination: 7-14
Planting Depth:  1/8 inch
Spacing, Row:   24-36 inches
Spacing, Plant:  18-24 inches
Spacing, Seed: 2-4 inches
Light:  Sunny Location

• For an early crop start seeds indoors in the earliest part of spring. Or direct sow seeds outdoors in late Spring after last frost. Cover seed with 1/8 inch fine soil. Keep soil moderately moist during germination.
• When seedlings are 2 inches tall indoors, thin to 2 inches apart or transplant to individual pots.
• Transplant seedlings outdoors after hardening off, when danger of serious frost has passed.  Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart in rows 2 to 3 feet apart depending upon available garden space.
• Brussels Sprouts grow best in a sunny location with fairly rich well drained compacted soil.
• Harvest sprouts from bottom of plant up as heads mature.
• Do not grow in same area of garden where members of cabbage family were grown the year before.