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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • halvar@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    • Classy@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Damn, xkcd AND botany jokes?? I’m in heaven

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  • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait until they learn about nightshade

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The nightshades are at least different species. Their vascular system and general physiology is similar enough that your can graft a potato, tomato, nightshade, and tobacco plant together for a full meal and after dinner smoke, but they can’t breed. Cabbage and broccoli can and will cross pollinate.

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      • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        but they won’t really breed.

        Which means no tomacco.

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      • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Huh, TIL

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t forget canola.

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    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Selection for seeds

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  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    wait turnips are a brassica too? :O

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    • underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not brassica oleracea though, it’s a different species, brassica rapa. The same species as napa cabbage, brocolli rabe, and bok choy. Rutabaga is actually a hybrid of the two species.

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      • binomialchicken@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Image

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  • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They don’t taste like mustard

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    • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’re all mustard, so technically they do.

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      • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Touchẽ

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    • Risk@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sometimes my sprouts and cabbage will taste hot/peppery/horseradish-y.

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      • meowMix2525@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Raw cauliflower too

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  • Hugin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The main reason for there being so many varieties is that at some point in the past the plants genome tripled. With three copies of the genome not only was there a higher chance of mutation but a mutation didn’t deleted the original dna segment as it was in the other copies.

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Kohlrabi? Like who the hell was eating broccoli and thought to themselves “boy, I sure do like this stem part a lot more than the ends”?

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    • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My dog

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    • veganpizza69@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      the stem is sweet, I eat kohlrabi like apples (after removing the peel).

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      • MadBob@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Also nice sliced and pickled.

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  • Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I thought broccoli was Brassica Oleracea?

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