[towerhill]

Hi folks,

I was reading a post the other day on another forum. Someone mentioned that they would have to plant "greens" in a shady part of their garden.

What are greens? I assumed, spinach and chard. Am I right?

cheers

Andrew

[sclarke624]

Well I was told long ago it was brussel tops, but someone on this forum said its not so don't know.  I wonder if greens mean different things to different people in different regions, thats a lot of differences. :blink:

[SnooziSuzi]

to me 'greens' are leafy veg that doesn't / hasn't hearted up; ie certain types of cabbages

[DD.]

The discussion as I remember it was about SPRING greens, which are unhearted spring cabbage.

"Greens" on it's own, as in "eat up all your greens" has always been taken, around here at least, to mean any green vegetable, usually of the bassica variety, cabbage, sprouts, brocolli, calabrese etc.

[sclarke624]

It seems that google agrees with me.  I put in brussel tops greens.  Are spring greens the same as greens.
BUT
google also agrees with Snoozisuzi if you put in non hearted cabbage and greens. :blink:

[sclarke624]

There you are then DD has summed it up.

[RichardA]

Goggle does not have an allotment DD has. Listen to the expert
R

[DD.]

Thanks Richard!

If you put "Brussels" into the search in the first place - it's BOUND to throw back brussles in the result!

[Elcie]

I am growing spring greens in the garden at the moment.  I bought them as small plants from the garden centre last summer and the label said 'spring greens'.  They are very similar to cabbage but do not have a heart.  The leaves grow around a thick stem.

[DD.]

We're diverting from "greens" here to "spring greens", which was not the original question.

However! Since we are visiting the subject, one of the generally recognised ways of growing spring cabbage is using close spacing of 6" or so.  Every other one is harvested as spring greens prior to maturity, leaving the other at 12" spacing to heart up.

[Trillium]

I always interpreted greens to mean any green type of non-heading veg, and spring greens to the early green crops like lettuce and spinach which can't tolerate summer heat.

[sunshineband]

Some people call spring green collard 

[debbiedoll]

In my family, we call any of the brasica family when planting out "the green stuff". When eating it we call the leaves - greens, confusing I know
 

[sclarke624]

I never said DD was wrong Richard was just trying to help thats all.  I'll shut up then

[Stripey_cat]

For me, spring greens are young cabbages, cut before they heart.  Greens are any sort of leaf that you cook - cabbages, kales, spinach, leaf beets, turnip and radish tops, gone-over salad leaves, fenugreek etc.