Til they killed all. I put that white powder for bugs Ect. Didn't help do you think it a small animals. I don't think we get deer.Thanks
Snails and slugs feed at night; you may have rodents, like mice, feasting
on your plants and it could even be some type of insect. Here are three articles that should be helpful:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/brussels-sprouts/brussels-sprouts-problems.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/garden-mouse-control.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/organic-snail-control.htm
I like brussel sprouts but wonder why the plant goes to the trouble of producing them. They don't have seeds in them, as far as I know. What's the point?
They complete photosynthesis. They are leaves, like others, just growing in a different spot, higher on the plant.
In order to get seeds, you must allow the plant to live into its second year, in which, it will bolt, or go to seed.
We must remember, that most of these Brassicas are HIGHLY modified, by humans. This plant doesn't resemble the original from where it came, in Rome.
7 1st year Brussels sprouts plants
There are two possible causes. One will be that temperatures are too warm. This will be a cool season crop, so any warm weather, at all, will be detrimental.
Another thing to consider will be fertilizer levels in the soil.
You may have to test and fertilize, accordingly.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/testing-soil.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/soil-ph-plants.htm
New to gardening and planted Brussel Sprout seedlings early last Spring (2020). They didn't start growing at all till around mid-Summer after I threw some cut grass and old leaves in the raised bed with them - by the next day, no joke, they had grown a foot. By that time I'd given up on them knowing they were a cool season plant and just assumed they were bolting. Was caring for my Mom in her last days at that time and just forgot about them. The backyard wild bunnies feasted on them and only after they had eaten most of the crop is when I noticed they had actually produced a crop. Left them in place over the winter intending to clean out the raised bed this Spring. Plants were still green THIS spring and saw a couple new plants coming in around the old plants. Then the old plants really did bolt and sent out a bunch of flowers and mounds of seed pods. Was leaving them in place till the pods browned up to harvest the seed. Today however, I noticed the OLD plants ARE actually producing a new crop - lots of new little sprouts growing on the old stalk! Is this normal???!?!?? Just curious as this is my first experience with them... Thanks for your response!
They are biennial and usually flower in the second year. They normally do not produce a crop after flowering. Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/brussels-sprouts/brussels-sprouts-are-bolting.htm
when i put in this years plants i put them deep and stamped all round the plant i have been growing sprouts for 20 years and this has happened quite a few times over the years
It could be that the roots had been compacted. I would not stamp them in. Rather, watering them in should suffice to set the soil around the roots.
Be sure that the soil is as uncompacted and airy as possible for the plant.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/brussels-sprouts/how-to-grow-brussel-sprouts.htm
I am picking little green worms off of plants and I have no leaves anymore. Will they grow back? I just have two brussel sprout plants and two broccoli plants in pots on my deck
They probably will grow again. You can try scraping those worms off with a piece of paper rather than removing the leaves. This article may be of interest:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/white-plant-photosynthesis.htm
the green worm eats the leaves out of the center of the brussel sprouts top growth.
It sounds like cabbageworms or cabbage loopers! Here are two article that will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/cabbage/cabbage-looper-control.htm
This article will help you with the care of cabbage:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/cabbage/growing-cabbage.htm