Brussels sprouts the most valuable of all kinds of cabbage in its nutritional value . Unlike other species it does not grow in breadth, and height . The plant can grow to a length of one meter in height. It matures from 30 to 100 small kochanchiki which are arranged in the axils of leaves along the entire length of the stem . Only here in these small diameter cabbage only 1.5 - 4 cm . In the food they consume only boiled . Cut off small cabbages when they become dense, acquirecharacteristic luster and pale green color .
Brussels sprouts are grown seedling method . From germination to the formation of kochanchiki passes 135- 160 days . Seedlings are planted in late April in greenhouses or in greenhouses warmed . Late varieties sown seedlings in nurseries cold . After the second leaf plants should befertilize, then repeat the dressing in a week .
Good precursors for this culture are potatoes, beans, cucumbers, radishes .
