NON-GMO. HEIRLOOM. GROWN NATURALLY WITHOUT THE USE OF CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES AT MY SEED FARM, HARVESTED AND PACKAGED BY HAND IN RESEALABLE AIR TIGHT BAGS (EACH BAG IS INDIVIDUALLY LABELED). EACH PURCHASE INCLUDES A FULL PAGE SEED FACT SHEET AND PLANTING/GROWING INSTRUCTIONS. ALL SEED LOTS ARE TESTED FOR GERMINATION. LAST GERMINATION TEST 85 PERCENT. Delicious. No garden is complete without Brussel Sprouts. Long Island is a wonderful heirloom variety with good old-fashioned taste and prolific production of sprouts. Brussels sprouts are a leafy green vegetable belonging to the brassica family The leaves are dark green, or redish purple in some varieties, have a rounded shape and grow in whorls up the stem. The edible portion of the plant is the sprouts. They grow on the stalk of the plant, in the leaf axils (between each set of leaves), maturing from the base of the stem 1st and continue up the stem. Once picked from the stalk no further sprout will grow from that position. Although the taste of different varieties vary somewhat, good home grown brussel sprouts have a sweet nutty flavor. Introduced in the 1890s. Once the most important commercial sprout variety in the US. Compact 24" plants yield 50-100 dark green 1½" sprouts over an extended period. 80-115 days from transplant. Seeds can be sown directly into garden when soil is warm or started in containers and transplanted when several inches tall. Zones 3-10
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