Spinach Plants and Broccoli Plants

Why would either of these plants grow with a center stalk growing taller than leaves with yellow flowers. Both plants have different styles of flowers but both are yellow. I took some pictures but didn’t know how to post them.

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#1 Comment By AnnsGreeneHaus On 01/31/2013 @ 6:36 pm

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