Questions tagged [brassicas]

Plants in the 'cabbage' family, a genus of mustard.

Brassicas are a genus in the Brassicaceae (mustard) family of plants. They are sometimes collectively known as cabbages or mustards.

The Brassica family contain more important agricultural crops than any other genus, including: cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, rutabaga, turnips, kohlrabi, mustard, and oil seed rape (canola).

Use this tag for questions which involve or may involve multiple members of the family. Use specific plant tags for questions specific to a particular plant.

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Who left these eggs behind?

Found these on the leaves of my Brussels sprouts. Just wondering if I should remove them or leave them be. Yes, snail damage present as well so I need to remove from under the leaves.

insects brassicas

asked May 14 '16 at 23:57

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What is this leaf vegetable with thin pale green stalks and mid-green leaves?

I thought I planted the Asian vegetable seed bok choy but what is coming out from the ground does not look like bok choy? Do you know what it is?

identification brassicas leaf-vegetables

asked May 09 '15 at 07:48

Audrey

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What is this plant? Looks like a brassica, if so, what type?

My mother just bought some flowers, and would like them identifying. She thinks they are brassicas, but would like to know what variety... Anyone any ideas? Thanks

identification brassicas

asked Dec 23 '19 at 18:18

Avrohom Yisroel

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What are these small black flecks on my brussels sprouts?

I've been battling aphids all summer and they were ruthless to all my brassica plants. It's the beginning of October and they seem to have backed off of my kale (what's left of it), but I've still been finding them on my brussels sprouts. I was out…

identification pests insects pest-damage brassicas

asked Oct 08 '20 at 18:46

emersonthis

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What kind of cabbage is this?

This sprouted without us planting it. What is it? Leaves do not taste very much.

identification brassicas cabbage

asked Aug 12 '20 at 16:36

trmdttr

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What's up with this rot on our brassicas?

We've got some rot on the kale, cabbage and harvested broccoli plants that we haven't seen in the last 5 years of growing these. It's been a weird year for my garden here in Northern VT all around: fewer pests, waaayy more flies (likely from the…

identification rot brassicas

asked Jul 27 '20 at 16:09

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Why has my broccoli fallen over?

I have tried to grow broccoli a couple of times and the plants often topple over. A couple of years ago I grew from seed, this year I bought in some plants and planted them out a few weeks ago. Both times the broccoli has fallen over. Last time I…

brassicas broccoli

asked Apr 30 '20 at 17:41

TafT

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Why is my purple sprouting broccoli growing pods?

I noticed today my purple sprouting broccoli is growing pods where leaves should be. Why is this? What can/should I do about it? I found a picture from someone else:

brassicas broccoli

asked Jun 21 '18 at 03:12

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How can I keep broccoli flowers from forming the same day the bud appears?

I'm growing purple broccoli, and the petals from the flower on top is forming the same day that it appears. How can I prevent this from happening so quickly? It's forming white petals if you're curious about the color? It's been in the 90s all week…

brassicas

asked May 28 '18 at 19:27

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