Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Red Ball Brussels Sprouts
Brassica oleracea · Red Ball Brussels Sprouts
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Red Ball has red-purple foliage and coloured sprouts on tall stems.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep soil evenly moist, especially as tall stems and sprouts develop.
Soil & drainage
Firm, fertile, well-drained soil with room for a long-season crop.
Fertilizer
Prepare the bed with mature compost. This crop benefits from adequate nutrition during active growth; follow a suitable vegetable fertilizer label and your soil test rather than adding an arbitrary dose.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Start plants for a long summer growing period followed by cool-weather sprout development. Transplant into a firm bed.
Harvest
Pick firm lower sprouts first, working upward as later sprouts fill out.
Through the seasons
Avoid pushing soft late growth with nitrogen after midsummer. Support tall plants if wind rocks their roots.
When your plant needs help
- Allow a long growing period and cool late-season harvest; support exposed tall plants and pick firm lower sprouts first.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.