(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/nonrancher/brusseljpg.jpg)
At Betula's suggestion about sharing failures:  I let the white cabbage worms get to the purple Brussel Sprouts. 
			
			
			
				That's a sad sight.  I don't even try and grow any of the cabbage tribe - they are all really difficult with their pests and diseases, and it's a shame as I love sprouts.
			
			
			
				OOPS
RIP :-[