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Melbourne offers superb growing conditions for brussels sprouts. Compared to a lot of their brassica relatives, brussels sprouts is a more hardy variety and not as sensitively volatile to frost and dry conditions and grows well on neutral PH soil
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However, like their brassica counterparts they need to be well fed with key macro and micro nutrients for a successful harvest
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BRASSICA FACTS:
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Not only do they contain excellent amounts of vitamins and minerals, there’s a reason on why they are often labelled as superfoods:
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Phytochemicals are substances used as part of a plants immune system to fight off threats and pathogens. One of these chemical compounds that brassicas like Brussels sprouts contain is Sulforaphane
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Sulforaphane is a sulphur-containing isothiocyanate that has being part of ongoing scientific research examining the effects and reactions of this chemical on a number of debilitating human conditions and life-threatening human diseases including cancer ✅
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Plenty of colourful SILVERBEET to share between chicken and human 😍😍😍
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The downside of growing LIMES in your garden is that you often need to put on your garden clothes and get down on hands and knees to collect the harvests you never knew about 😂
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You’ve got to love winter PEPPERS. If you are patient, they will eventually ripen in the cold weather 😂
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