KALE ?

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  1. JWK

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    :) Just to be contrary, here is my ornamental cabbage display last winter, you can get some nice bright colours.

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    ... the above photo was summer 2011, I grew 6 ft Walking Stick Cabbages amongst exotic plants, most people didn't notice them amongst bananas, cannas and cordylines :)
     
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        Ive got some seeds from seedswap for them :)My 1st time growing kale x
         
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          I love the look of this Kale...i can't see the variety but looks good as a border plant or to eat:dbgrtmb:

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            This is an interesting thread as I've been pondering growing these for the time time this year, good to see which varieties are recommended.

            Sorry to go off topic a tad, but am also growing Flowering Sprout Petit Posy this year for the first time, apparently a cross between Kale and Brussel Sprouts, supposedly tasty, versatile and provides winter greens. Anyone grown these before?

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            @JWK, can you eat the walking stick cabbages? I quite fancy growing them.
            @Lolimac, did you find out the name of that purple curly kale?
             
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            I grew them for a couple of years and whilst they grew pretty tall, like sprouts, they never produced much for us to eat. We had a few leaves off them which were OK so I gave up growing them. I will be interested to see how you get on GG, as they sound promising.
             
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              They are really only for sheep :) Ask @Zigs , he reckons they are good for his long silky hair. Joking aside the young leaves were edible as greens, mine grew to over 10ft in the end so you can imagine they are pretty tough and woody, I only grew it for the GC competition:

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                They need a lot of space Madhhalia, better to grow an ordinary Kale variety for practical reasons.
                 
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                John didn't tell you that he won the GC walking stick competition. :blue thumb: :)
                 
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                  Yep, good for your wool but the clue is in the name really, bit like the Crow Bar Cucumber, not something you'd really grow to eat.
                   
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                  Nice pic JWK! So Kale is a winter crop then? I think I've made a mistake here.
                   
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                  @Madahhlia ....you'll notice the label is there in front of the Kale but even zooming in i still can't see it:doh:....i'm sure i wrote it down somewhere as well and i can't find my book either:whistle:
                   
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