BRUSSELS SPROUTS
FIRM BUTTONS EASY TO ENSURE. On light soils it is usually found that although brussels sprouts grow well, they do not make firm “buttons.” This can be remedied by planting on very firm ground, and the following method of growing shallots or onions with the brussels sprouts is advantageous. The onions or shallots are planted early, and the ground is made firm and the sprouts are planted later on. Plant the shallots or onions in rows, three rows at 9in or 12in apart, then leave a space of Kin, then three more rows at 9in or 12in and then a Kin space, and so on all over the bed. The wide spaces can be used for paths for working the onion bed; as soon as they are ready plant the sprouts in these paths, allowing two feet between the plants. By this means it will be found that firm buttons are easy to obtain.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1940, Page 2
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