Harvesting brussel sprouts for Thanksgiving… how’s everyone’s crop doing?

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Brussel sprouts are such a strange-looking plant but still super cool. Hope they taste great!

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Ocean said:
Brussel sprouts are such a strange-looking plant but still super cool. Hope they taste great!

Honestly, I’m still trying to recover from learning what these look like when growing.

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@West
I’ve thought about growing some, but I know they’d just bolt in the heat here.

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Ocean said:
@West
I’ve thought about growing some, but I know they’d just bolt in the heat here.

I’m in Louisiana, and people manage to grow them here, just FYI.

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I’m actually eating brussel sprouts as I scroll through this. Awesome harvest!

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Blake said:
I’m actually eating brussel sprouts as I scroll through this. Awesome harvest!

Thank you!

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Wait, this is how brussel sprouts grow? I don’t even like them, but they look so cool I might plant them just for that!

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Tried growing these in 8a South Carolina. Didn’t go well.

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Terry said:
Tried growing these in 8a South Carolina. Didn’t go well.

I’m in 6A, upstate New York. That cooler climate probably helped.

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Lyle said:

Terry said:
Tried growing these in 8a South Carolina. Didn’t go well.

I’m in 6A, upstate New York. That cooler climate probably helped.

Yeah, definitely a better setup for them!

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These are incredible! You did a great job :muscle:

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Nico said:
These are incredible! You did a great job :muscle:

Thanks so much!

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Congrats on the harvest! Fresh brussel sprouts are amazing. I didn’t get any this year—slugs wiped out all my brassicas.

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Toby said:
Congrats on the harvest! Fresh brussel sprouts are amazing. I didn’t get any this year—slugs wiped out all my brassicas.

Sorry to hear that! Slugs were awful this year. I used Bonide Slug Magic every few weeks, and it helped a lot.

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@Lyle
Thanks for the recommendation—I’ll give it a shot next season.

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Such a nice harvest! Can you eat the stalks or the leaves?

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Val said:
Such a nice harvest! Can you eat the stalks or the leaves?

Thanks! The leaves are edible, but the stalks are too woody. I just compost those parts.

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Val said:
Such a nice harvest! Can you eat the stalks or the leaves?

You can actually cook the stalks like marrow! There are recipes online for it, and it’s surprisingly good.

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Dallas said:

Val said:
Such a nice harvest! Can you eat the stalks or the leaves?

You can actually cook the stalks like marrow! There are recipes online for it, and it’s surprisingly good.

Wow, thanks for the info! Definitely going to look into that.