Lcousino
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What is this veggie?

This plant came in the seeds with the kohlrabi. It started much like kohlrabi but it is not. The stalks taste like broccoli with a spicy after bite. Any help is appreciated.
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Could it be rutabaga? Do you see any sign of root swelling? Purple or yellowish rounded top?

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broccoli raab?

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Gonna throw in my guess: kale? :| the foliage looks an awful lot similar

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are the leaves at all hairy? if not, my guess is collards. if so, more like turnip or rutabaga.

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OK IS THIS an overgrown turnip or an undergrown rutabaga? I'm used to the yellow fleshed rutabaga. This one was white inside.

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...I got myself in trouble this year by deciding to "get rid of" all the old seeds circa 5 years ago or older by simple expedient of sowing them wherever without marking. :roll: I *thought* the rutabaga variety I had was Laurentian... But I might have received a different variety in trade. I had quite a few different varieties of turnips.



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