One of my favorite veggies although I mostly buy them in the store instead of growing my own. I would have never realized that they needed compacted soil. Just the opposite of the advice usually given for ones veggie growing.

Thanks for the tip! on growing Brussel Sprouts.

It is the opposite of most veggies, very counter-intuitive. The plants were productive on my sandy soil, but never formed good, tight sprouts until I did some research and found out about this.

Great information---I never knew this! Thanks for the great tip.