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Red Russian Kale

Red Russian Kale

PLANT TO HARVEST

50 days

FRUIT SIZE

12″
Full Sun: 6+ Hours Per Day

TOP CULINARY USES:

Salads and smoothies
Red Russian Kale

Red Russian Kale

Plants produce dark green, oak-leaf cut kale. Red/purple hues intensify after frost. Tender, sweet taste when cooked; also good raw. Very disease resistant. Baby stage: harvest at 25 days.

Kevin Kale

PLANT TO HARVEST

50 days

FRUIT SIZE

12″
Full Sun: 6+ Hours Per Day

TOP CULINARY USES:

Salads and smoothies

3 Steps to Planting!

1

Gently place plant insider and pack soil with a small mound.

2

Place tablespoon of herb/veg fertilizer.

3

Gently place plant insider and pack soil with a small mound.

What must I do for Success?

All the Details

  • Difficulty
    Low difficulty
  • Timing
  • Starting
  • Days to Maturity
    50 days
  • Growing
    Add lime to the bed 3 weeks prior to sowing. Kale likes well-drained, fertile soil high in organic matter. This plant prefers plentiful, consistent moisture. Drought is tolerable, but quality and flavor of leaves can suffer. Mix ¼ cup of complete organic fertilizer into the soil beneath each transplant, or use 1 cup beneath every 3m (10′) of seed furrow.
  • Harvest
    Kale and collards can both be grown as a cut and come again crop for salad mixes by direct-seeding and cutting baby leaves. They will re-grow if you pick leaves from the bottom up, as you need them. Continue harvesting lower leaves as they mature—plants will keep producing all season. Kale can overwinter in many areas. In fact, the leaves get sweeter after frost, though growth will slow. In spring, the surviving plants start to flower, so eat the delicious flowering steps and buds.
  • Diseases & Pests
  • Culinary Use
    Salads and smoothies
  • Other
  • Companion Planting
    All Cruciferous vegetables benefit from chamomile, dill, mint, rosemary, and sage. Avoid planting near eggplants, peppers, potatoes, or tomatoes, as the acidic soil these plants thrive in can cause problems for Cruciferous vegetables.

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