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Let's sew our red brussel sprouts.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And yes,
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we're going to be sewing Simply Seeds
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red Brussels sprouts. Now, you probably
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heard I'll never grow Brussels sprouts
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cuz I don't like them. I really don't.
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And yeah, why would I grow them if I
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didn't like them? But I saw that there's
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red ones and I thought maybe they taste
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nice. Who knows? Obviously, you can't
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buy red ones usually in the shops. So, I
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thought I'll give them a go. give them a
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grow and see if I actually like them and
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see if they taste all right. But yeah,
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why not? E, I do love growing different
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varieties. Now, these are called Brussel
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Ruby Crunch and you saw them between
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March to May. And then obviously you
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harvest them around Christmas time and
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into January. And fingers crossed we get
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some decent Brussels sprouts. And
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fingers crossed I like them. If not, my
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family is going to have lots of Brussels
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sprouts to eat. But we're going to give
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them a try. Give them a shot and see if
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we can get them to grow. So, let's get
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these sewn and let's get these growing.
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So, for this, I'm just using a normal
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size plant pot. And yeah, we're going to
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use some fine compost and we're just
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going to sew them in the top. When they
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get germinated and get big enough, we'll
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separate them all out into individual
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pots. But for now, we're going to grow
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them in there and get them growing. So,
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let's get these seeds sewn.
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So, these aren't massive seeds as you
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can see, but we've got about 20 of them.
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So, if you can try and thin them out
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when you're sewing them, it'll make life
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easier once they get growing to separate
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them all. So, yeah, let's get these in
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the pot and get these growing.
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So, we've put those into the pot, and
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it's hard to see where they are, but you
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can pretty much make out of it. But,
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yeah, we've tried to space them out as
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much as possible. So, we just need to
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cover them over with compost, which is
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nice and easy. We don't need a massive
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thick layer of compost. But yeah, that's
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perfect. So, we'll give them a water and
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then we're going to put them in our
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secret magic trick. So, there we are.
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We've watered them and we've covered
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them with cling film. We cover all our
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seeds with cling film. Keeps them moist,
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keeps them warm and speeds up
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germination a lot more, especially if
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you've got an unheated greenhouse like
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myself. So, just make sure you label
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them up so that you remember what they
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are because all brassica plants look the
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same and you'll end up thinking, "What
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have I sewn?" So, yep, we'll put these
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in a nice light spot and hopefully get
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So, make sure you drop us a follow to
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stay up to date with how well these
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Brussels sprouts grow and if they're
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delicious and if they look nice and red
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as well. So, until next time everyone,
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben, everyone.
