# \#brassicas **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tag/brassicas/90.md [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Vegetable Meadow 2027](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vegetable-meadow-2027/5076)
**Author:** [@andyjwall](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/andyjwall)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vegetable-meadow-2027/5076 "2026-09-29T10:07:14Z")
My I’ve just started planning for a section of allotment (South Wales). I’m calling it my vegetable meadow but it’s actually a herbaceous landrace polyculture of perennial and promiscuous vegetables. I’ll be specifically… --- ## [2026 broccoli grex](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-broccoli-grex/4776)
**Author:** [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-broccoli-grex/4776 "2026-08-16T14:02:55Z")
Dear GTS community, It’s my privilege to join again in our third year of growing the sprouting broccoli grex. Our first year was great, with many strains and excellent dry fall weather. It was easy to see lots of goo… --- ## [2026 GTS Crop Species Grow Reports : Cabbage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-crop-species-grow-reports-cabbage/4607)
**Author:** [@MalcolmS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MalcolmS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-crop-species-grow-reports-cabbage/4607 "2026-07-26T18:42:08Z")
Hi Everyone, here is the thread for 2026 Cabbage reports! Update us on your plans and progress as the season moves along. --- ## [Winter Survivors in Western North Carolina](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/winter-survivors-in-western-north-carolina/4652)
**Author:** [@heatherweather](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/heatherweather)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/winter-survivors-in-western-north-carolina/4652 "2026-07-20T15:36:33Z")
We had a very hard winter: freezing rain followed by lows around 9F, a sheet of ice covering the ground for several days. Despite this, a number of plants in the garden survived and have gone on to thrive in our early sp… --- ## [Napa/Chinese Cabbage Landrace? Brassica rapa](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/napa-chinese-cabbage-landrace-brassica-rapa/3482)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/napa-chinese-cabbage-landrace-brassica-rapa/3482 "2026-07-01T12:44:49Z")
Is anyone interesting in doing a Napa Cabbage (Brasica rapa var. pekinensis) Landrace? Or crossing Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa) with Typical Eruopean Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) to form an interspecies hybrid cabbage… --- ## [2026 GTS Grow Report: Broccoli Grex in WI](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-grow-report-broccoli-grex-in-wi/4642)
**Author:** [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-grow-report-broccoli-grex-in-wi/4642 "2026-03-06T21:47:59Z")
Dear GTS Friends! Here we are in Round 3! I’m excited to give another whirl of crissing and crossing! I have a number of things for replanting that did well or was noted. I bought more strains of Purple Peacock to ad… --- ## [Broccoli Grex Part 2](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949)
**Author:** [@haystack](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/haystack)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-grex-part-2/3949 "2026-01-03T23:24:24Z")
Broccoli Grex Part 2: A sprouting brassica olerecea journey. Cultivating THe Commons, LLC Amery, WI zone 4B of Northern WI. Certified Organic seed and vegetable farm In my second grow-out, I’m hoping to make lots o… --- ## [Really Reckless Oleracea mix](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/really-reckless-oleracea-mix/2105)
**Author:** [@NotFaeGardener](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/NotFaeGardener)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/really-reckless-oleracea-mix/2105 "2025-12-10T01:36:43Z")
I’m working on finishing up seed starting plans for my Brassicas this year, and have settled on a really reckless “throw it all at the dirt and see what sticks” mix. This includes not only the GTS '24 Kale+/Reckless Oler… --- ## [Kale and other Brassica observations](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kale-and-other-brassica-observations/4223)
**Author:** [@Zieloe](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Zieloe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kale-and-other-brassica-observations/4223 "2025-09-13T17:11:37Z")
I am a lazy gardener. Sowing seeds in pots, remembering to care for them, and then transplanting them into beds almost always leads me to have subpar plants. There was one kale plant that I planted in my garden in 2021 … --- ## [Love, Work and Seeds: How We Got Started Selling Seeds | June 4, 2025 | 5 pm PDT](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/love-work-and-seeds-how-we-got-started-selling-seeds-june-4-2025-5-pm-pdt/3977)
**Author:** [@DebbieA](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/DebbieA)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/love-work-and-seeds-how-we-got-started-selling-seeds-june-4-2025-5-pm-pdt/3977 "2025-08-03T12:11:00Z")
Love, Work and Seeds: How We Got Started Selling Seeds | June 4, 2025 | 5 pm PDT Sign up for this free webinar featuring Noel at Homestead Culture: Love, Work and Seeds: How We Got Started Selling Seeds "Our family st… --- ## [Lets do the "Brassica oleraceae" effect to other crops!](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lets-do-the-brassica-oleraceae-effect-to-other-crops/3398)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lets-do-the-brassica-oleraceae-effect-to-other-crops/3398 "2025-04-20T19:51:28Z")
Why can’t we domesticate other crops like Brassica oleraceae? Cabbage, Kale, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts are all the same species selected for different edible features. There are many Edible plants that have similar … --- ## [Brussles Sprouts Bred with all different Leaf Shapes?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/brussles-sprouts-bred-with-all-different-leaf-shapes/3526)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/brussles-sprouts-bred-with-all-different-leaf-shapes/3526 "2025-02-18T20:55:14Z")
Why can’t every Leaf Shape Diversity be Bred into Brussles Sprouts & Reselected for the Brussels Sprouts Growth Habbit? The Kalettes Cultivar is exactly the Idea I want to explore in a Brussels Sprouts Landrace! It’s Ka… --- ## [Mustard Sauce & Seed Oil Landrace (Canola + Others)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/mustard-sauce-seed-oil-landrace-canola-others/3470)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/mustard-sauce-seed-oil-landrace-canola-others/3470 "2025-02-11T21:14:11Z")
Is it possible to breed safe mustard seed oils by selecting for taste alone (Only using mildly/heatless mustards as a seed oil)? Canola was bred to have very low levels of erucic acid (The Toxic part of Mustard seeds in … --- ## [Daikon x Hairy Bittercress F1](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/daikon-x-hairy-bittercress-f1/2464)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/daikon-x-hairy-bittercress-f1/2464 "2025-01-11T22:26:31Z")
In 2023 I grew domesticated brassicas in pollinating range of hairy bittercress (Cardamine Hirsuta) and took special effort to facilitate overlap in flowing times. This year I discovered a number of what seem to be Daiko… --- ## [Presentation of the cultivated Arugula line: ‘Joran's Improved Naturalizable Arugula Mix’ (Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) and retrospective on its development](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/presentation-of-the-cultivated-arugula-line-jorans-improved-naturalizable-arugula-mix-eruca-vesicaria-subsp-sativa-and-retrospective-on-its-development/3357)
**Author:** [@Joran](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Joran)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/presentation-of-the-cultivated-arugula-line-jorans-improved-naturalizable-arugula-mix-eruca-vesicaria-subsp-sativa-and-retrospective-on-its-development/3357 "2025-01-10T20:47:49Z")
Presentation of the cultivated Arugula line: ‘Joran’s Improved Naturalizable Arugula Mix’ (Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) and retrospective on its development. First published: December 22, 2024. Sur le blog Joran’s Se… --- ## [The GTS Cabbage Grex needs donations!](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-gts-cabbage-grex-needs-donations/1647)
**Author:** [@MalcolmS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MalcolmS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/the-gts-cabbage-grex-needs-donations/1647 "2024-10-21T17:36:09Z")
With time running out to donate seeds, the cabbage grex that I signed up to steward still needs more donations. Homegrown seeds are the best, of course (particularly if they have been allowed to cross freely) but for thi… --- ## [Dallas Collards, grow or die](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/dallas-collards-grow-or-die/1097)
**Author:** [@peterd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/peterd)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/dallas-collards-grow-or-die/1097 "2024-10-06T19:00:40Z")
Just putting up a holding place for now. I have a project I am working on with collards. Approximately 20 collard varieties mostly heirlooms for the initial cross. Last year we had severe D4 rated drought. I planted out … --- ## [Kale+ and Spinach zoom hosted by Joseph Zarr](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kale-and-spinach-zoom-hosted-by-joseph-zarr/2763)
**Author:** [@julia.dakin](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/julia.dakin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kale-and-spinach-zoom-hosted-by-joseph-zarr/2763 "2024-09-27T01:21:55Z")
Our kale + and Spinach seed steward Joseph Zarr is hosting a Zoom this Friday :slight\_smile: Greetings Kale and Spinach seed savers! :leafy\_green::seedling: Are you ready to get really excited about spinach and kale? O… --- ## [Developing my overwintering cabbage landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/developing-my-overwintering-cabbage-landrace/744)
**Author:** [@MalcolmS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MalcolmS)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/developing-my-overwintering-cabbage-landrace/744 "2024-05-23T01:50:16Z")
Edited to add: I changed the title to broaden the scope of this thread; it will now be about all the aspects of my cabbage landrace development. I’d like to start a cabbage landrace. We eat a lot of cabbage, but I have … --- ## [Brassica ID](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/brassica-id/2335)
**Author:** [@rylan](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/rylan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/brassica-id/2335 "2024-05-16T01:34:51Z")
Does anyone recognize this plant? I haven’t planted anything here in 18 months and I don’t know what this is. --- ## [BBF red cabbage landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/bbf-red-cabbage-landrace/2470)
**Author:** [@RayS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/RayS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/bbf-red-cabbage-landrace/2470 "2024-05-15T21:49:46Z")
BBF stands for Banded Bee Farm. The blue banded bee is an Australian native solitary bee and buzz pollinator, like a bumblebee, only smaller. We grow and enjoy red cabbage but are thoroughly fed up with poor germination… --- ## [Rewilding brassicas - Cardamine Hirsuta & Alliaria Petiolata](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/rewilding-brassicas-cardamine-hirsuta-alliaria-petiolata/932)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/rewilding-brassicas-cardamine-hirsuta-alliaria-petiolata/932 "2024-05-04T18:39:58Z")
Can you cross any of the domesticated brassicas with cardamine hirsuta/hairy bittercress or alliaria petiolata/garlic mustard? I’ve got hairy bittercress or a lookalike flowering right next to turnips and cabbage that a… --- ## [Broccoli landrace & trading seeds](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-landrace-trading-seeds/1345)
**Author:** [@nodinesplants](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/nodinesplants)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/broccoli-landrace-trading-seeds/1345 "2024-03-22T15:39:41Z")
I’m looking for seeds for a broccoli landrace, or possibly a combination of cool broccoli seeds to start my own. I’d like to acquire them through trades if possible. I currently have all kinds of seeds including my own … --- ## [Kale seed offering](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kale-seed-offering/193)
**Author:** [@RayS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/RayS)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kale-seed-offering/193 "2024-03-03T13:09:04Z")
Had a look just out of curiosity. Nice collection of kales. I noticed that the offering says the kales are Brassica oleracea but also says that there are ruso-siberian kales in the mix. Aren’t these Brassica napus? Or ar… --- ## [Richard mix, grex experiments - Brassica / Broccoli](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-brassica-broccoli/2070)
**Author:** [@Richard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Richard)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-brassica-broccoli/2070 "2024-03-01T13:21:09Z")
These are my starting seeds. I got three types of broccoli, violet de sicilie, green calabrese natalino, cezar. One purple and two greens. One of the greens broccoli got the shots very different from the other one. … --- ## [Cabbage Landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cabbage-landrace/304)
**Author:** [@hollyhock](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/hollyhock)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cabbage-landrace/304 "2024-01-18T14:15:30Z")
This year we harvested 150 cabbage. With the intent to save seed from at least 15. We pulled 15 by the root before they split and hung them upside down in a nearby cellar hoping they make it to spring to be replanted. We… --- ## [Video on pollinating brassicas](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/video-on-pollinating-brassicas/1295)
**Author:** [@Justin](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Justin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/video-on-pollinating-brassicas/1295 "2023-09-07T20:55:52Z")
I did a quick search here on crossing brassicas and couldn’t see anything, so searched YouTube. I found this video so am sharing it in case it’s useful for others: Here’s part 2: And part 3: … --- ## [Deleted -](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/deleted/1363)
**Author:** [@MarkReed](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MarkReed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/deleted/1363 "2023-08-26T03:45:44Z")
deleted --- ## [Spinach, Fava, and Kale 8b 2023](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spinach-fava-and-kale-8b-2023/852)
**Author:** [@mbcoll](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/mbcoll)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spinach-fava-and-kale-8b-2023/852 "2023-08-24T03:30:09Z")
I finally made time to get some crops seeded. I seeded out fava beans, kale, and spinach. It was pretty straight forward after some bed prep and weeding I direct seeded these cool weather crops. There will be plenty of m… --- ## [Brassica dilemma - will black radish and arugula cross?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/brassica-dilemma-will-black-radish-and-arugula-cross/867)
**Author:** [@Hugo](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Hugo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/brassica-dilemma-will-black-radish-and-arugula-cross/867 "2023-04-21T04:59:27Z")
Brassicas. I love them! But i didn’t know Arugula or rocket salad flowers in spring… At least this very nice tasting variety does. It has big juicy leaves. I am used to the rough small leaved wild variety i have grown f… [Next page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tag/brassicas/90.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=brassicas)