Overview of the best established and new (F1 hybrid) Brussels sprouts. Seeds and seeds of these varieties can be ordered online from specialist retailers.
the Brussels sprouts Varieties differ mainly in appearance, size, taste and harvest time. The most important decision here, however, is whether you want to grow an early, mid or late ripening strain.
Below we have put together a few well-known and proven varieties that thrive well in our latitudes:
- choice: Relatively early-ripening variety, ready to be harvested from September, with a very delicate taste.
- Bridget (F1): High-yielding new breed with good resistance to powdery mildew and rot.
- fax staff: Varieties with purple leaves and roses.
- Feast & Plenty: Further development of Rosella; Fest & Viel grows a little larger and matures a little later; Breeder: Wolfgang Kreimer
- groninger: Traditional variety with excellent taste; Harvest from mid-November.
- Hild's ideal: Traditional variety that is very productive and very tolerant of frost. Hilds Ideal needs a lot of time until the medium-sized roses are ready for harvest and should therefore be sown early.
- Igor (F1): Medium late and very productive variety, which is particularly popular with professional growers.
- red ball: new breed with red colored roses; high yield and quality taste; can be harvested as early as October, but in our opinion there should still be some frost before harvest. The lower the temperatures fall, the more intense the reddish color becomes; when cooking, Red Ball hardly gives off a typical Brussels sprouts smell.
- Roodnerf: Late, quite vigorous, high-yielding and hardy variety; should be sown early; Stems are partly colored slightly violet; intense taste and therefore an ideal accompaniment to hearty food.
- Rosella: Early-ripening variety of Brussels sprouts with roundish to slightly oval roses of medium size.
- rubies: Slow-growing varieties with relatively small, red-purple roses; Rubies should be sown early, fertilized regularly and pruned early to encourage rose growth. Taste is very delicate and excellent!
- sanda: Spanish, medium-tall and late-ripening variety; good yield and light green roses; tolerant of drought and frost.
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I studied horticulture and am a real village kid. I grow herbs, sweet fruit and vegetables, using only organic products. In addition to my love of nature, I love to cook - preferably with fresh vegetables from my garden, of course.
Favorite fruit: elder and raspberries
Favorite vegetables: black cabbage, artichokes and asparagus
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