I plant mine in early June with the second crop of broccoli and cabbage.

Yes, plant them in June as Robin says and treat them as you would broccoli or cabbage plants. Though they do well during the early Fall frosts, you should plant them in time to mature before the frost hits.

They are the coolest looking plants in the garden, especially as the early snow begins to fall and the light frosts seem to bring out the flavor of the sprouts.

Like my beloved broccoli, I work very hard to protect them from the imported cabbage worm. My former neighbors in the Adirondacks had just gotten used to seeing me chasing the white butterflies around the garden, swinging furiously at them with an old tennis racquet. I hope my new Maine neighbors acccept my explanation that I'm just working on my forehand stroke.

Wayne