Enjoy a bountiful harvest of delicious, classic green Brussels sprouts with the Long Island Improved variety. Once the most important commercial variety in the United States, it remains a favorite among home gardeners for its reliability and excellent flavor.
These pure, untreated seeds produce tall, sturdy stalks heavily laden with tightly packed, 1 to 1.5-inch sprouts. They are incredibly frost hardy, and their flavor actually sweetens and improves after a light frost!
š PURE & UNTREATED
Sourced securely to ensure completely natural growing conditions; safely untreated for family gardening.
šæ HEAVY YIELDS
Produces tall stalks loaded with 50-100 dark green, tightly folded sprouts each.
āļø FROST ENHANCED
Can be left in the garden into early winter; cold weather makes them sweeter.
š DELICIOUS ROASTED
Offers a superb, nutty flavor that is absolutely perfect when roasted with olive oil.
1. Seed Starting
Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost, or direct sow in mid-summer for a fall harvest.
2. Transplanting
Move seedlings to the garden when they have 4-5 true leaves, spacing them 18-24 inches apart.
3. Care & Feeding
Keep soil consistently moist and feed with a balanced organic fertilizer. Mulch to keep roots cool.
4. Topping
Pinch off the top of the stalk a month before harvest to encourage larger sprouts.
5. The Harvest
Harvest from the bottom up by twisting the sprouts off the stalk when they are firm and 1 inch thick!
