"George.com" wrote in message
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Thought I would report back on the 'broccoli-cabbage' question I asked
here
a week or so back.

I planted some 'broccoli' seed a workmate gave me. Some of it went fine,
some of it failed to head. After waiting a reasonable time I decided it
wasn't likely broccoli but maybe some form of cabbage. Some help here and
some googling led me to conculde it may have been a collard green or 'tree
cabbage'.

Anyhow, just to be safe I tried it out on the neighbours, warning them
beforehand that it may be a 'strange' cabbage. The verdict, whatever it
was
"not much chop". The leaves were too bitter apparently. The remaining
plants
have now become a temporary mulch waiting for a crop of sweet potato. The
sweet potato tubers I planted in that spot last weekend have all died.
Maybe
karma for trying to poison the neighbour.

rob

Where are you? I understand that sweet potatoes in the UK should be planted
from rooted slips when the weather warms up in spring. The ones I tried this
year from T and M were a bit of a disappointment but I put that down to the
3 months of poor summer weather