I NEED HELP...MY SPROUTS ARE RUBBISH

[jimtheworzel]

my sprouts are utter c**p...a foot high no sprouts.... i  grew the f1 revenge from kings seeds
plenty of muck and growmore in soil.....the same thing  happened last year 
last year i allso grew f1 icarus...no probs
whats wrong.. is it the seed or what
help needed for 2009 season

[jimtheworzel]

[davyw1]

The first question is when did you plant them.

[jimtheworzel]

late april
sown late feb

[davyw1]

Perhaps you are not putting them firm enough in the ground.

[manicscousers]

we used blood, fish and bone on the advice of Eric. Our sprouts, red ones that we've never had much luck with, are very tall with lots of sprouts on  ;D
it also worked on our cabbages and calabrese

[kt.]

Almost all my seeds come from Kings seeds and the majority do well.  I sowed Maximus and Bedford Fillbasket from Kings Seeds.  Have huge plants with loads on,  same last year too.  I sow as per the packet instructions,  and put a little lime and fresh compost in the hole when transplanting.  Then firm the surrounding ground.  Never had any problems with them.  The odd one has blown this year but usually they are hassle free.  I will be sticking with the same variety next year too.

[jimtheworzel]

i covered em with green builders rubble netting to keep bird off  this could have reduced the sunlight

[Suzanne]

I always have problems with the red ones -but green ones (this year Diablo F1 and bedford Filbasket from a seed swap ont his site) do fine. I think sprouts are tolerant of lower light levels and mine are shaded by trees - so shouldn't be a problem.

I think Revenge are a mid season to late variety (so would be 7 months from planting out to maturity) so prehaps they are still a little early to be showing sprouts??? Not an expert in this area i admit - but starting to learn a little bit from the chaps at the lottie.

[jimtheworzel]

suzanne
not a sprout in site   just bare stems  and very few leavs