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i planted some veg and i have no idea what it is

andrewgoughandrewgough Posts: 4
in Fruit & veg
Hi, im new to this gardening malarkey, however i have been enjoying it, i got a wooden planter and planted some seeds around 3 months ago, the satisfaction of watering it and watching it grow has been immense, only issue is i have no idea what i have grown or if i have grown it correct, could anybody possibly point me in the right direction and help turn my embarrassment into proudness.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looks like one of the brassica/cabbage family to me.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • GemmaJFGemmaJF Posts: 2,286
    Taste a bit of the leaf, if it tastes like a cabbage, it's a cabbage. 
  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
    Wow, for a novice veg grower, that’s an impressive crop!
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Looks like broccoli.  Cabbages have rounder leaves.  Well, it can all boil up and be eaten with mashed potatoes and lashings of butter!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Broccoli or cauliflower, have a poke around in the middle of the plants and see if there are any flowers coming, I would probably pull half of them out and cook them like cabbage, they are a bit crowded.
  • LaineyefjtLaineyefjt Posts: 8
    Could it be purple sprouting broccoli?? It looks the same as mine and if so, don't do what I did last year and throw it away thinking it didn't come to much!! (But whatever it is brassica wise, it'll need thinning out and popping somewhere else)  😩 purple sprouting comes next season.  I found one id obviously missed and this year it's got successful purple sprouting tips coming out. 
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