Purple Year?

[grapenut]

Mohog, your gonna love that purple Gus! much sweeter than the green type...in fact! it's the only one I like raw.

[mohoghead]

Originally Posted by MVNewf

what___NO purple Basil?

I forgot the herbs, 7 varieties of basil alone(yes one is purple) i even got stevia and lavender to sprout this year, for me that is an accomplishment, still can't get lemon grass to sprout, BUY starts!

[mohoghead]

Originally Posted by adobo

Nice purple power!

how about purple eggplants?

YECH

[Little Minnie]

I had a purple obsession a few years ago too! I have retained some purple things: tomatoes, cauliflower, purple stripe beans, cabbage, carrots and given up other things: kohlrabi, purple beans, purple broccoli rabe. I love theme gardens though!

[mohoghead]

Originally Posted by Little Minnie

I had a purple obsession a few years ago too! I have retained some purple things: tomatoes, cauliflower, purple stripe beans, cabbage, carrots and given up other things: kohlrabi, purple beans, purple broccoli rabe. I love theme gardens though!

Not really a theme garden, out of the 200 plus varieties of vegetables we're putting out this year, it struck me how many PURPLE plants we had this year.

Originally Posted by MVNewf

what___NO purple Basil?

Originally Posted by mohoghead

I forgot the herbs, 7 varieties of basil alone(yes one is purple) i even got stevia and lavender to sprout this year, for me that is an accomplishment, still can't get lemon grass to sprout, BUY starts!

Whew! I thought I was going to have to send a care package to Moe real quick like! Purple Basil Frenzied Meltdown avoided.

[rightwingdirtworship]

Me, too!
Is it me, or are the catalogs sudenly FILLED with purple veg? I dont recall ever seeing so much of it! Glad of it, it's one of my favortie colors, especially for tomatoes.

[pepperhead212]

My favorite variety of kohlrabi is kolibri, which is purple, and very year I try new varieties right next to it, even other purples, and none are as good! They are slower, smaller, turn woody, or all of the above! I have 3 new varieties this year, and only time will tell if kolibri wins out again.

I didn't see purple komatsuna mentioned. I won't be growing that again. It was way smaller than the green, and less productive by far. I didn't get the purple bok choy, but only because I didn't order from anyplace that had it, and I wasn't going to order just that, and pay $7.99 shipping!

As for purple pole beans, Blauhilde is the best variety I have found, as it is resistant to rust (which is seems the others were always prone to), and not too bad with the heat, either. It also stays fairly tender even after fairly large. And red noodle beans, while not really purple, are the only variety that keep most of their color AFTER cooking, while most of the purples turn an unappetizing brownish green color when cooked.

[gardencrazy]

I guess this summer it'll make you a people purple eater!

I love purple!

[gulfcoastguy]

There is purple kale as well. I had a purple year once also.