How to grow Brussell sprouts?

Question

Do you trim the bottom leaves off?

Answer 1

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

(Brassica oleracea bullata gemmifera). A very easily cultivated vegetable, and suitable for every garden. Plants are easily raised from seed sown in drills outdoors or broadcast on a nursery bed in April. They prefer to grow in a deep, rich, well-drained soil, but almost any garden soil can be brought into good enough condition for the crop by deep digging, manuring and liming. Lime is very important, as with all green crops. Seeds can, if preferred, be raised under glass in March and pricked out into shallow boxes or the cold frame as soon as large enough.
Plants are ready for setting out in permanent positions when they are 6 in. high. Deep digging and a good dressing of well-decayed manure are advisable before planting. A succession of outdoor sowings can be made from April to the middle of June.
After planting, no special treatment is required, apart from keeping the hoe going between the rows, although an occasional dusting of fertilizer, well washed in by rain or clear water, will improve the crop. It should not be necessary to provide any support for the stems, which, if they are well grown, will stand firmly enough on their own.
In gathering the buttons, they should be cut from the bottom of the stalk first. All large leaves on the plants that turn yellow should be carefully removed from time to time and put into the compost pit. The top head should not be cut until all the sprouts have been gathered.

Answer 2

no, you need the seeds for that

Seeds are usually planted in a field nursery and the seedling transplanted to the field for production.

Seedlings are transplanted to fields prepared as flat beds or ridges and furrows.

When direct seeding is used, soil preparation is important to obtain a uniform stand.

Generally 1 pound of seed per acre is used if direct seeding. Transplanting rates are 5 ounces per acre. Primed and coated seed is becoming popular. Priming seeds will ensure a more rapid and uniform crop establishment

Answer 3

As the sprouts appear, remove leaves growing under them and any leaves that have yellowed.