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[-] halvar@lemm.ee 72 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago

Damn, xkcd AND botany jokes?? I'm in heaven

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

Wait until they learn about nightshade

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The nightshades are at least different species. Their vascular system and general physiology is similar enough that your can graft a potato, tomato, pepper, and tobacco plant together for a full meal and after dinner smoke, but they won't really breed. Cabbage and broccoli can and will cross pollinate.

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

but they won’t really breed.

Which means no tomacco.

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago
[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago
[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 months ago

Selection for seeds

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 6 months ago

wait turnips are a brassica too? :O

[-] underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 6 months ago

It's not brassica oleracea though, it's a different species, brassica rapa. The same species as napa cabbage, brocolli rabe, and bok choy. Rutabaga is actually a hybrid of the two species.

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

The main reason for there being so many varieties is that at some point in the past the plants genome tripled. With three copies of the genome not only was there a higher chance of mutation but a mutation didn't deleted the original dna segment as it was in the other copies.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

They don’t taste like mustard

They're all mustard, so technically they do.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago
[-] Risk@feddit.uk 17 points 6 months ago

Sometimes my sprouts and cabbage will taste hot/peppery/horseradish-y.

[-] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

Raw cauliflower too

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 6 months ago

Kohlrabi? Like who the hell was eating broccoli and thought to themselves "boy, I sure do like this stem part a lot more than the ends"?

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago
[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

the stem is sweet, I eat kohlrabi like apples (after removing the peel).

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

Also nice sliced and pickled.

[-] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

I thought broccoli was Brassica Oleracea?

this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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