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Post by castanea on Jun 1, 2009 21:56:50 GMT -5
Does anyone know of a seed source for this kale? It's a marrow stem type that appears to be used in the UK primarily as animal feed.
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Post by castanea on Jun 13, 2009 11:04:48 GMT -5
Bump
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Post by canadamike on Jun 13, 2009 20:17:01 GMT -5
I do not know about this specific one, but there is about a maximum of 100 or so marrowstem cultivars in the various genebanks, and there might be ''doubling'' ( sorry, I mean repeat accessions but do not know te english word for it ).
One of the problems dairy farmers end up with when going out of the usual animal feed ( forage, soya, corn) is taste in the milk. even in organic coops, they will refuse milk with a different taste.
Mind you, this special taste ( wherever it comes from) is God's gift to a farmer using its milk to produce cheese at the farm, like it is done a lot in Quebec, THE avant-garde place for ''terroir cheese'' ,in North America ( they are now producing many many original signature cheeses that over sell the imported highly touted french ones).
The american genebank is the best for marowstem kale.
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Post by castanea on Jun 13, 2009 21:06:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Michel.
By American genebank do you mean the USDA?
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Post by castanea on Jun 14, 2009 22:56:05 GMT -5
Here's what shows up in GRIN accessions:
1. G 22539 Chou Fourrager Giganta
2. G 22550 Giganta
3. G 30717 Tall Marrowstem
4. G 30764 Giganta
5. G 30859 Condor
6. G 30861 Marrow Stem
7. G 30862 Marrowstem (E.C.F)
8. G 30863 Merlin
9. PI 458612 Marrow Stem
But, none of this material is available.
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Post by grunt on Jun 15, 2009 0:27:26 GMT -5
Castanea: Keep checking on them every year. It may take a while, but anything they list eventually comes up for grabs.
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Post by ianpearson on Apr 15, 2010 13:57:58 GMT -5
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