What to do - purple sproats?

Last year was my first year of GYO - and I am hooked. I started late and started slow, but once a few things germinated and started to grow, so did my confidence.

One thing I did sow was purple sprouts. I planted them too late I think but forever the optimist!

At the end of the autumn when I was emptying pots and digging over raised beds I decided to leave these as firstly they were quite pretty and secondly, like the butternut squash and aubergine, I was curious to see what the plant looked like even if it produced nothing.

I am now preparing the general area for planting out in a few weeks and preparing pots ready and wonder what to do with this.

Is something still going to grow? Or is it just foliage? If I 'get rid' can it go in my compost heap?

Thanks in advance.

Gorgeous colour.

 

Its flowering, and will produce yellow flowers.
Its past it, you should have eaten the shoots when they were smaller tight buds

Best put on the compost now, although the actual roots might be a bit woody and best burnt or disposed of in a wheelie bin.