For kitchen gardens, always harvest the largest leaves closest to the ground throughout the season. It reduces ground pests. If you don't want them in salads or soups, add them to your compost reap. The plants will look more like little trees, and as you slowly expose the "trunk" you will also be revealing the most mature sprouts for reaping. The plant can grow amazingly tall for what it is, continuing to yield until later in the season. I liked to do some light mid-season inter-planting among the exposed "trunks".
For anyone who is wondering, yes, you can eat the leaves, and it's best to eat the leaves too so that you don't just throw them away. You can eat the leaves of any brassica, including broccoli and cauliflower. You can eat the leaves of horseradish too.
I seen it before
Can you eat the large leaves?
Hi I tried to grow them but sadly they were eaten buy snails
Wow that’s cool
Can the leaves be eaten too? Or are they just for animal feed/compost?
Those are all yours sir, I'm good on the dirty dish water cabbage lol
Is the foliage edible?
Are the big leaves edible?
thats some fat nugs
Glad I saw this because I'm getting ready to grow them.
How do you cook them to avoid the bitterness?
My husband brought me home a stem of Brussel sprouts once- I was amazed. I had no idea they grew like that!
For kitchen gardens, always harvest the largest leaves closest to the ground throughout the season. It reduces ground pests. If you don't want them in salads or soups, add them to your compost reap. The plants will look more like little trees, and as you slowly expose the "trunk" you will also be revealing the most mature sprouts for reaping. The plant can grow amazingly tall for what it is, continuing to yield until later in the season. I liked to do some light mid-season inter-planting among the exposed "trunks".
Love farm fresh Brussels sprouts!
Wow! Nice!
So are the bigger leaves edible too or do they have a stronger flavor???
Can you eat the leaves?
For anyone who is wondering, yes, you can eat the leaves, and it's best to eat the leaves too so that you don't just throw them away. You can eat the leaves of any brassica, including broccoli and cauliflower. You can eat the leaves of horseradish too.
Lol I'm pretty sure I see it every year. I love Brussels.
Can you eat the leaves? The large leaves look delicious
can the larger leaves be eaten or are they just for compost?
That's really cool!
what do you do with the big leaves after harvesting the brussel sprouts???