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Apr 22, 2021 9:12 AM CST
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Name: Keith
Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)
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Seeing as it's considered a vegetable, how many of you grow this?

I live on Long Island, NY zone 7a and we are surrounded by beaches and sand dunes, I'm wondering if these plants are able to grow wild in those locations too?
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Apr 23, 2021 8:08 AM CST
Name: K
Seattle, WA (Zone 9a)
I've grown sea kale for many years, but as an ornamental. It's tough to find a variety with good ornamental properties, all the seed
sources I've tried in the last 25 years or so seem to be the same pale, lackluster variety.
I've only munched the occasional leaf while in the garden, indistinguishable from raw cabbage, I'd say. There's no sand
or beach needed to grow it, although it might suffer from a fair amount of crown rot on some wet, heavy soils.
It's difficult to get rid of once established, as every little bit of root left in the ground (and there WILL be lots of those bits) will
sprout up, even years later.
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May 4, 2021 9:23 PM CST
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Name: Keith
Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)
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May 5, 2021 9:08 AM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B
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I have never even heard of it. Shrug!
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May 5, 2021 11:35 AM CST
Name: Dillard Haley
Augusta Georgia (Zone 8a)
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I have heard of it, but not been even slightly tempted to grow it. Basicly a wild plant that I have not seen as varieties. https://www.gardeningknowhow.c...
Tronchuda Beira is often called sea kale but is actually a kale ) Brassica oleracea. Somewhat similar to collards.
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May 6, 2021 8:13 PM CST
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Name: Keith
Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)
Zinnias Plays in the sandbox Roses Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Organic Gardener
Region: New York Native Plants and Wildflowers Lilies Seed Starter Spiders! Enjoys or suffers hot summers
I am growing this. So far it's doing great in a pot like my other veggies. It's odd how the flowers grow, flowers grow out of one another so when seed pods form it's like a string of pearls. My seed pods are tiny but I will take photos as they mature
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