![]() ![]() A collaborative growout of this genepool across diverse environments in the US will advance these goals.īACKGROUND STORY - The history of this material began with the work of my friend Graham Jenkins-Belohorska in Wales, UK. The project seeks to recover fertility back into this perennial phenotype, maintaining this perennial-ness, while focusing on flavor and disease resistance. Also, there may be some perennial genetics distinctive to just bush kales. oleracea crop types seem to have mostly lost perenniality especially with post-Victorian era varieties. Possibly three or more recessive genes are at play. Several recessive traits appear to be involved in what makes a plant perennial. Genetically they are truly distinct from all other studied Brassica oleracea. They are often believed to be representatives of early cultivated forms selected from wild Brassica oleracea still found throughout Europe. Over the next few years, I hope to import the remaining 20 or so to rescue the best from obscurity. Only a handful of examples of this subspecies exist anymore. GENETICS OF PERENNIAL KALE - A little backstory on the genetics of Brassica oleracea ramosa: This subspecies name, ramosa, means “bushing” in Portuguese. Seeds can be bought easily through this page on the EFN seed store website. If you don't have a credit card or refuse to buy anything online, please contact me directly. Volunteers are being recruited in order to better identify unique and important plants to include in future crosses.Īfter freely sharing seeds with a group of EFN volunteer growers two years ago - and unfortunately not receiving reports back from most volunteers - this time I am asking volunteers to literally "buy in" to this project by spending $5.00 (plus shipping) to receive seeds and participate in the project. This population was created by working with a uniquely diverse collection of plants amassed over the last decade. In this project we will work collaboratively to improve open-pollinated perennial kale ( Brassica oleracea ramosa) for a wide variety of climates and conditions as well as general pest and disease resistance.
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