Is this Kale?

[RickF]

Hi all.. We purchased various plants at the farmers market that were ready for the garden a while back.. Some died, some lived before we were able to take care of them.. I think this one is Kale -- but wanted to check.. Is that correct?

The leaves are HUGE and the bugs don't seem to like them nearly as much as the spinach & chard..

 

[catjac1975]

It doesn't look like my kale but, I think it is a different variety. Look a bit like Bok choi.

 

[RickF]

We've eaten lots of bok choi and none has been nearly as big as this stuff or the same color.. The leaves on these are probably 8" wide by ~12" long.. Big dudes..

 

[catjac1975]

Might be a cabbage that has not headed up. These are thousands of varieties of each crop so it may be a lesser know variety.

We've eaten lots of bok choi and none has been nearly as big as this stuff or the same color.. The leaves on these are probably 8" wide by ~12" long.. Big dudes..

 

[RickF]

I generally know what we did buy and certainly what we did not buy.. I know we did not buy bok Choi or Cabbage but we did buy Kale and a few other 'greens'..

You know what.. We did buy Collard greens and I think that's what these must be after poking around on the web..

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

looks like a collard to me

 

[elijahboy]

looks like a georgia collard to me

 

[RickF]

Thanks all.. Not sure what I was thinking with Kale.. I guess I just had it in my head.. My neighbors were the first to eat some when we trimmed it back about a week ago.. Needless to say it grows like a weed and is almost the same size it was then -- >2' across. I guess it likes the hydroponic water I've been occasionally giving it..

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

Collard wraps are delish...
Use the leaves just like you would a tortilla shell.
You can take out, or "beat flat" the stem so it bends easier.
Fill it with all kinds of delish goodness, roll it up, and enjoy!

 

[digitS']

Rick, I think it might be kale, Portuguese kale - - "Tronchuda Beira."

Take a look at this picture of the leaves from Renee's Garden Seeds (click).

You should know that cabbage, kale and collards are all in the same family - sisters, one could say. Some of the other brassicas are just cousins .

I have sown seed this Tronchuda Beira for the 1st time this year. I put them directly into the garden and am hoping for the best. The picture on the seed packet looked a lot like the plant in your photograph.

Steve