Grow a 7-foot-tall Vegetable

What vegetable looks a little like a palm tree, can grow 7-feet tall in one season, and has a stem so strong it can be used as a baseball bat?

If you ’d like to raise something in your garden that ’s certain to be a conversation piece , you might want to giveBrassica oleracea longataa try . This vegetable is sure to offend the curiosity of neighbors once it embark on growing its portly radical topped with edible , cabbage - like leaves .

Walking Stick kale , also known as Jersey Kale , looks a petty like a decoration Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and has stanch that can dry out and inure to use as take the air stick .

I received a packet of seeds as a giving from a visitor to Lexington , Va. , where a walk stick made from one of these flora is on display at Thomas “ Stonewall ” Jackson ’s plate . manifestly he buy the walk stick during a trip to Europe in the 1850s .

Walking reefer kale has been around a retentive time . It ’s been cultivate on the Isle of Jersey for hundreds of years where the sturdy staunch are used as beams to support thatched roofs and the leaves serve as provender for local livestock .

I protrude this novelty veg indoors earlier this year and the weather is almost warm enough for me to graft it into the garden . I ’ll need to check that I give it plenty of way to grow . I ’ve read works can spring up 3 - 4 feet wide and up to 7 - feet improbable . I ’ll also need to make certain I have a sturdy 2 x 2 board to use as a support and to train it so the theme grows straight .

I ’m not indisputable if I can get the walking stick to grow 7 feet tall in my Zone 5 garden or if it will winter for a second yr , when it ’s supposed to get even taller . But I ’m going to give it a effort and will describe back on its progress later this time of year .

Have you ever raise walking joystick kale ? If so , please post your growing tips and photos here .

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