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Walking Stick Cabbage
Just seen a picture of this on the T&M site and it looks a giggle.
Anyone grown them here? How high? To look at the picture, you'd expect them to blow down if the wind goes over 10 mph! PS: Are they good to eat? :-) Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
Walking Stick Cabbage
"Steve Harris" wrote in message Just seen a picture of this on the T&M site and it looks a giggle. Anyone grown them here? How high? To look at the picture, you'd expect them to blow down if the wind goes over 10 mph!//////////////////they will grow very well where you are..forget eating them as they are just a novelty......they do make an excellent walking stick when well cured, sanded and varnished.......mine withstood winds of over 25 mph....HW. PS: Are they good to eat? :-) Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
Walking Stick Cabbage
"Steve Harris" wrote in message
... Just seen a picture of this on the T&M site and it looks a giggle. Anyone grown them here? How high? To look at the picture, you'd expect them to blow down if the wind goes over 10 mph! PS: Are they good to eat? :-) Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com Wow! I just found them - you forgot to include the URL: http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds...etable_18.html Incredible - it says they can grow up to 15 feet high! I wonder if they can be used as a quick growing fence? -- Drakanthus. ( Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
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Harris writes Brassica Leylandii, I believe ;-) 'Walking Stick' Cabbage are Brassica oleracea longata aka Jersey Cabbage, Jersey Kale, Chou Cavalier; Tree cabbage; Walking- Stick-Cabbage, Walking Stick Kale. Tall growing cabbage (to 6M.18ft.) with large loose-leaved head. Stems used for walking sticks. Young leaves and sprouts edible. Grow as for standard cabbage. Details from urg Veg & Salad Index at: http://www.fuchsiazone.co.uk/veg-index/vegindex.htm -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
Walking Stick Cabbage
I have grown them in a sunny spot and they are reasonably easy and hardy,
wind tolerant(they alL originate from coastal regions) . They have them on the channel isles and a related thing in northern Portugal from which they make lots of soup. "Steve Harris" wrote in message ... Just seen a picture of this on the T&M site and it looks a giggle. Anyone grown them here? How high? To look at the picture, you'd expect them to blow down if the wind goes over 10 mph! PS: Are they good to eat? :-) Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
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Walking Stick Cabbage
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Harris writes In article , (Alan Gould) wrote: Details from urg Veg & Salad Index at: http://www.fuchsiazone.co.uk/veg-index/vegindex.htm Have you actually grown it. Alan or are organic seeds not available? No, I've never tried to grow that variety of cabbage. They are more of a novelty than a food plant really and I should think that they would finish out a bit smaller in UK summers than in Jersey. I can't recall having seen seed for them being sold, but they may appear among the ornamental veggies in some catalogues (T&M?). -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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