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Old September 15, 2019   #3
bower
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Too bad you can't send us a cutting.
I have (or had!) this beautiful mild tasting soft leaved blue green kale that overwintered here and made delicious "mockoli" the following spring. Seeds getting old so I sowed it this year expecting to get some good plants to overwinter. Sadly they've been completely skeletonized by cabbage butterfly while I wasn't paying attention. Still a chance they will produce new leaves once the butterfly season is kaput. I should look into a rescue op today.
There is much to be said for brassicas with the best leaf quality for salads. Stronger tasting and/or pricklier types are many and productive, but they work better in small amounts for my salad taste. Even Red Russian kale, I find the leaves are too soft to stand up well in salad....

I did get some mizuna seeds this year, it's one of my favorites too.
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