I have not either, but I am also interested in knowing if anybody has grown before and their success.

Hello Robert. 1943

Looks like there isn't a wealth of knowledge, or wealth of people for that matter, who have information on growing brussels sprouts hydroponically. That's quite alright, after much searching I haven't come across much detailed information on the topic specifically.

When I get some time I will post pictures and more information about the entire process. I have to do some changes to the set up and will follow up on here in detail once I have done that.

Keep me postedI will follow your lead, I live in Brisbane Australia which is sub tropical so I will have to grow in our winter which ranges from 10c at night to about 22c in the daytime so I think this will be my sowing time, are you using ph and ec guides.

Oh cool, my sister just spent the last month traveling through Australia but has now moved on to Singapore!

I live in Ottawa Canada and am currently growing them indoors during our winter. Temperature has stayed steady at 24c in my apartment, which is good considering outside I have 2 feet of snow on the ground and temperatures fluctuating between -6c and -35c depending on what kind of weather pattern we are in. I want to keep the humidity low in the growing room so I may invest in a dehumidifier in the future.

As for guides I am have scoured the internet for information about the plant specifically, and also the family it falls into. Based on all that I am keeping the PH between 6.3-7.0 (cF 25-30) and the EC between 2.5-3.0 (1750-2100ppm). Those are the most common ranges I have found for both brussels sprouts specifically, as well as general guides for the cabbage family. The only variation was that they say brussels sprouts can survive a ph of 7.5 but i'd rather not go that high.

Other than that I am still in the young plant phase, so am keeping the ph around 6.5 and the ec closer to 2.5. As the plant grows I will increase the ec, but am going to see how ph adjustments impact growth later on. The photos are of the plant currently, it's only about 2 and a bit weeks old from sprouting at this point. Don't mind the funny leaf in the picture, we had 2 additional cats staying at my apartment and one of them decided to sample the leaves!.

Derek

Thanks Derek22 keep me in the loop as I too like brussels sprouts though as a kid I hated them.
PS I lived for 3 years in Kitchener Waterloo Ontario and went back last year including Ottawa.
Please keep us posted and loved the picture plant looks healthy enough.

So this plant has been growing for 2 months now and has nothing but healthy growing. Seems to be growing at a great rate, I will post a picture in the month or so to follow when the sprouts start forming

Hey the plant is coming along nicely.
Are you growing anything else?

Glen

Derek22 you have prompted me to put in some brussels sprouts also, your plant looks healthy so obviously you have given the correct nutrients etc.
Thanks for sharing as a pioneer I will follow your lead.

Thanks for the feedback, glad I planted the hydroponic brussel sprout seed into your head Robert.1943. Hopefully the crop is bountiful!

Glen:

I wish I could grow more but I am a bit limited in space/equipment. Right now the only grow lights I have are 2 2foot T5's, and everything else comes in from that window. Eventually the goal is to turn that shelf into multi-level growing platform, but that's down the road. So far though I have done Heirloom tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, and a multitude of flowers as well, all at different times though. This plant has got me thinking about growing more "unconventional" vegetables and fruits that you normally don't hear being grown hydroponically. I think the next experiment once this crops is possibly raspberries!

Wow, I never had luck growing Brussles Sprouts in the ground. I think animals kept eating them. Perhaps I will give this a try this year.

Cool, Man!

Derek22 just planted about a dozen plants yesterday , I will post photo when they get a move on in my ebb and flow syste.

That's awesome news Robert.1943! I am looking forward to some photos when you have the time.

Speaking of which, I'll have to wait until tomorrow because the plant is sleeping, but I will post another photo to show some of the sprouts that are starting to form. They are at their absolute earliest phase, but are starting none the less. I was reading up on it and apparently it's ok to cut leafs from the bottom of the plant once it starts to do this to encourage a bit more height/vigorous growth, but makes the entire thing look like a wonky palm tree!
More to come

Derek22 I put my brussels sprouts in yesterday and already the little green grubs have had a chew, so I had to activate a strategy to get rid of these little devils.
The white moth lays eggs and little grubs appear very soon, but what follows next is these little grubs grow into big fellas and devastate the crop nearly overnight.
I might be growing in a very good climate but with the good comes the bad eg very hot weather, heavy rains and storms followed by bugs, snakes, spiders etc etc.

wow talk about setting in fast. Those pests must follow these posts!

I had done a little research last summer regarding the cabbage butterfly and also a similar green grub that was eating away at a few broccoli plants I had outside. If i remember correctly, I put a tomato plant in a pot in with where I was growing the broccoli because if i remember correctly it acts as a deterrent/helps to mask the smell that attracts those pests. The plants are in similar enough families and have similar pests so it may be worth looking into a bit more? Once I did that I did a final sweep to remove any larva on the bottom of the leaves, and never had to worry about them again for the summer. Maybe it was the tomato, maybe I just got lucky, but again definitely worth looking into

Bt works wonders on caterpillars. Powder or spray - they eat it and die. Non-toxic to everything else.

There's also an old wives tale about putting broken pieces of egg shell on top of the soil - makes the cabbage butterfly think the plant is already occupied....