sprouts again

[bedrockdave]

my sprouts aren't doing a lot and was wondering , if I cut off the tops (which I prefer to the sprouts) will more growth go into the actual sprouts or will it stop them growing altogether

[bedrockdave]

[bionear2]

This was the theory always offered by the "old and bold" for many years.
It seems that research reveals that there is no benefit to the growing sprouts.

I still do it, chiefly because removing the "cabbage"(and most of the  leaves) seems to reduce the number of whitefly flocking to my brussels patch

[kt.]

Some of mine such as Trafalgar are not doing much but they are for harvesting Feb-Apr.  My Maximus are almost ready for harvesting.  They can be harvested from Sep-Dec.