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The growing library

When to plant
brussels sprouts.

A long-season brassica bearing small sprouts along its stem.

TransplantReviewed
01 / Right crop, right place

Where the timing comes from

Choose the region that actually covers your garden. These source references are not a nationwide planting calendar.

Published regional calendar

Central North Carolina

Use the Central North Carolina calendar, with its separate establishment methods. This is not a calendar for every part of North Carolina.

Published crop row
Brussels sprouts
Published regional calendar

Florida

Use the Florida calendar for your specific subregion. Planting months are not interchangeable across the state.

Published crop row
Brussels Sprouts
Reviewed Florida rows
North · Central · South

Outside these regions? Use your local Extension planting guidance. A nearby weather station describes climate; it does not establish whether or when to plant this crop.

02 / Know when the clock starts

How long until harvest?

These ranges start at different stages. Keep the method, region, and crop type attached to every number.

Florida
70–90days

From transplanting

Count from setting out transplants. The earlier nursery period is excluded.

Source crop: Brussels SproutsParenthesized transplant range in Table 1; source ranges differ by region/cultivar.Read source
Central North Carolina
90–100days

From indoor sowing

Count from sowing indoors. The nursery period is included.

Source crop: Brussels sproutsRead source

A transplant has a head start. Days counted from transplanting leave out time spent raising the seedling. The indoor-sowing reference includes that nursery period; do not add it again.

03 / Before you plant

The details that matter

Brassicaceae

Plan for brussels sprouts

  • Days from transplanting exclude the seedling nursery period; harden off plants before setting them out.

Maturity references vary with cultivar, harvest size, weather, and establishment method. Keep your seed packet or transplant label alongside the regional calendar.

Soil temperature

No verified value
in this guide.

We have not assigned a germination minimum for brussels sprouts. Use crop-specific local guidance for your planting material and method.

Minnesota cold-tolerance context

Tolerance described around 20°F

Observed crop-level tolerance varies with acclimation, cultivar, duration of cold and protection; not a guaranteed survival threshold.

Read the cold-tolerance source
A fall planning scenario

Work back from
a chosen harvest.

If local guidance supports a fall crop, choose a suitable harvest target and count back with the same starting method. The first 32°F freeze is not automatically the right target.

Open the fall planner
Regional maturity reference90–100 days

From transplanting · Minnesota maturity; Maryland basis convention

Shorter-day allowance+ 14 days
Count back from your chosen harvest104–114 days

This is a planning calculation, not a validated planting window. Transplant-based calculations still exclude nursery time; suitability and the harvest target need local guidance.

Open evidence

Follow the sources.

Selected source facts reviewed . This is our review date, not the sources’ publication date.

How we use the data
  1. UF/IFAS Extension · Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
  2. NC State Extension · Central North Carolina Planting Calendar
  3. University of Minnesota Extension · Midsummer Planting for Fall Harvest
  4. University of Maryland Extension · Fall Vegetable Gardening