Growing Brussels sprouts

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18 Oct 10 greig nichols (Australia - temperate climate)
I have these large brussel sprout plants in my garden next to my cabbbages ( they are doing well) but the BS are all leaf and no sprouts the plants actuallly look as healthy as but..as I mentioned no sprouts and i tis now Oct is it to late for them and do I pull them out or do I leave them and see what happens.. I planted all three at the same time brocccoli , cabbage and BS thankyou
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19 Oct 10 Moira (Australia - temperate climate)
I am in country SA and have the same problem, mine are nearly a metre tall and no sign of sprouts! I am about to pull them out and try again next year. I was told that they should be sown in Jan/Feb so that they are mature by the cold of Winter. They need good frosts to fruit, so I guess that we missed it for this year. I have also had broccoli but they didn't get a good large head on them. We ate the "broccolini" though as they were delicious. Any clues to good broccoli next year?
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11 Nov 10 Sri (Australia - temperate climate)
Brussel Sprouts are in the same family as Broccolli.Cauliflower and Cabbage so grow BS the same way you would these vegetables and yes Jan-Feb is the correct sowing time for these types of vegetables they are a winter autumn grower.
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