Kohl rabi? I don't believe it !!

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I bought a strip of frilly, tinged purple leaves seedlings from garden centre which were labelled Purple kohl rabi. Not having ever seen a frilly leaved variety before I decided togive them a try.
Look at this picture. They are over a foot high now,no bulbs are formng and they look to me like a purple leaved variety of curly kale. I suspect somebody stuck the wrong label in the strip.

Can anybody confirm please?
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Looks like a good Russian red kale.
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Too crinkly for Red Russian, I think, Alan. Curly kale? Certainly not kohlrabi, Primrose!
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Monika wrote:Too crinkly for Red Russian, I think, Alan. Curly kale? Certainly not kohlrabi, Primrose!


Some cultivars of Red Russian are very crinkly. Red Ursa which I grow certainly is.

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NB Not a picture of mine as I've eaten it all :wink:
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