Help identifying these pods

Girlinabox · July 2021

I was down by the sea (Dover) on the weekend and noticed these pods growing on bushes along the seafront where all the wildflowers are. I recall seeing a sign for cabbage and kale, but unsure if this is what I have picked. I did think it was kale pods but can't be 100% sure. I have attached a picture of the bush I got them from but it isn't very clear. it's the spindly one without flowers on in front of the pink flowers.

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If this is Kale, am I right in thinking I should leave to dry out in a brown paper bag until they go all dry, and then plant the seeds? Also, will there be enough seeds in just 5 pods to actually grow anything?!

Finally, I noticed the little grub wriggling around this morning - must have come from inside one of them. Should I just release him into the garden?

Thanks for any help provided!

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Fairygirl · July 2021

I wouldn't release the grub - it looks like vine weevil larvae.
Seed pods need to ripen on the plant for the seeds to be viable. Picking them before that won't work.
I don't think the photo is clear enough to ID the plant, but someone else might be able to suggest what it is

Girlinabox · July 2021

Fairygirl said:

I wouldn't release the grub - it looks like vine weevil larvae.
Seed pods need to ripen on the plant for the seeds to be viable. Picking them before that won't work.
I don't think the photo is clear enough to ID the plant, but someone else might be able to suggest what it is

Hello thanks for your reply

Should I kill the grub?

So the pods are not ripe and therefore probably useless?

Fairygirl · July 2021

I would dispose of the larvae.
I doubt those pods would be viable as they are. It's also not a good idea to grow/eat something unless you're 100% sure what it is. If you had a close up photo, someone would be able to ID it for you, then you could safley wait for ripened pods.

Lyn · July 2021

I would be almost positive those yellow flowers are not Kale, they are trumpet type flowers, brassicas are not like that. I could be wrong. Usually am😀

Fairygirl · July 2021

I didn't think the plant the OP was referring to had flowers @Lyn. The flowers are behind the Valerian [?]
Mind you - I wouldn't know a kale flower either- even if it smacked me in the face!

Lyn · July 2021

Yes the red is Valerian.
Is there something else then between the yellows, reds and purples?
I think we need a clearer photo of which plant the OP really means.

TheGreenMan · July 2021

Fairygirl said:

I didn't think the plant the OP was referring to had flowers @Lyn. The flowers are behind the Valerian [?]
Mind you - I wouldn't know a kale flower either- even if it smacked me in the face!

I WAS smacked in the face by kale flowers when I moved in here in April.

This is them....

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The bees loved them. I kept them for a month or two and then got rid of them and that rotten raised bed. Fun times.

TheGreenMan · July 2021

I walk by a plant with those pods on an evening (I remember them as I have to move into the road to get by). I'll see if I can get a pic of the whole plant/any flowers.

Fairygirl · July 2021

It's the bare stem at the front of the pic - just right of centre @Lyn. The top of it is just showing above the rest of the flowers.
That's why I asked for a better close up photo too - just to be sure which plant it is.

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