Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
03 / 18 / 2016
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Midwest
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City
St. Louis
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State
Missouri
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Posted by
qbx2313
Notes:
Last spring (2015) I planted in my garden some Rapini seeds I bought from eBay. But one of the plant came out different from others. It’s obviously not Rapini. I let it grow and it disappeared when the winter came. But I am surprised that it not only survived the winter, but also re-emerged very early this March when the weather here was still quite cold in Missouri. And as shown in the pictures here it has grown rapidly into a big plant now with 14-18″ long leaves.
Comments
Jim Unregistered says:
A recipe for turnip greens or collard greens or mustard greens will work for the dock. Better results with younger, tender leaves. There can be quite a bit of variance with the particular dock gathered, though.
March 28th, 2016 at 11:57am
qbx2313 Registered says:
Jim, thank you. I did a Google search on curly dock and you are absolutely right. Now I know what it is and will look for recipe to make a dish out of it 🙂
March 27th, 2016 at 12:31pm
Jim Unregistered says:
It’s called curly dock. It’s a common wild plant – maybe some of its seeds got into the Rapini seeds when they were harvested, but more likely it sprung up on its own. And it happens to be edible; can be prepared like any other potherb.
March 27th, 2016 at 10:46am