Let’s play.....Name That Plant!!
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Topic: Let’s play.....Name That Plant!!
Posted By: ellabellame
Subject: Let’s play.....Name That Plant!!
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:07pm
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I was in the garden today and found these big plants that look like brassicas, smell like cabbagey broccoli but are just leaves.
At first i thought it might be kale but then i looked up images of kale on google and all the leaves in the pictures are quite curly whereas the ones in my garden are kind of wavy, like broccoli leaves, but definitely not curly. Can anyone help me identify my mystery plant?? Your reward will be.........my gratitude!!  ------------- |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:10pm
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Can we have the photo Ella please ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:21pm
here's a photo:
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:34pm
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Could they be broccoli that hasn't developed the heads yet? The heads don't really grow in until close to the end and with the cold weather they would be slow growers. -------------  
 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:38pm
i had that thought as well but the stems aren't really as thick as the stems on my broccoli plants. what i'm really wondering is are the leaves edible and can i cook them up for tea tonight? lol ------------- |
Bobbie wrote:Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:46pm
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I second the maybe it's a slow-growing broccoli & cauliflower, or another possibility is brussel sprouts- they'll form little balls under each leaf- if it is, fresh brussel sprouts taste nothing like the chewy old supermarket ones. Or if the soil is nutrient deficient brassicas will grow but not flower, ie no edible bit.
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:52pm
| You probably could eat the leaves, =). Steamed in a white sauce, mmm, regretting not planting any myself this year! |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:52pm
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It's not a brussel sprout, the leaves are a completely different shape to the ones on my brusself sprout plant.
i didn't know that about the soil deficency thing, it coud be that because the ground in that particular part is basically gravel, i'm not even sure how anything started growing there. ------------- |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 4:53pm
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i may just go and cook up some of the leaves to go with tea tonight. i guess no matter what kind of brassica it is, the leaves will be edible right? ------------- |
Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 05 July 2010 at 10:24pm
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Yea looks kinda like Cauliflower to me.... but I have been wrong in the past.... that would be my guess tho -------------  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 8:18am
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Ooh my grandad has this growing all over his vege patch with no vegies to it!
I'll ask him later if he knows but I imaging you could eat it... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 06 July 2010 at 10:06am
well, we ate some for tea last night and so far there are no adverse effects  ------------- |