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Growing Brussels Sprouts in the Pajaro Valley
If you garden in the Pajaro Valley around Watsonville, you have deep, fertile farm soil and a valley that draws cooling air off Monterey Bay, the same coastal influence that makes this corner of California the commercial home of Brussels sprouts. For this crop, that is a genuinel
Growing Brussels Sprouts in the Santa Cruz Coastal Fog Belt
If you garden in the cool coastal fog belt of Santa Cruz County, the immediate coast through Santa Cruz, Live Oak, and the foggy reach toward Aptos, you are growing Brussels sprouts in their American heartland. The cool, foggy coast from Salinas up to Half Moon Bay is where this
Growing Brussels Sprouts in the Santa Cruz Banana Belt
If you garden in the county's warm Banana Belt, the sunnier hill pockets above the fog around Soquel, Aptos, and the warmer side of Santa Cruz, Brussels sprouts are a good crop for you with one firm rule: time them to finish in cool weather. Get the timing right and the belt grow