Details
- Brassica oleracea acephala
- Ancient heirloom kale
- Open-Pollinated
- Type: multi-plant, plain leaf variety
- Color: blue-grey-green leaves
- Maturity: 50-60 days
- Size:
- “huge plant”
- medium-height variety; will reach up to 5′
- Yield: huge plant, with many individual growing points; puts out lots of food
- Taste: ?
- Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
- particularly cold-hardy
- tolerates poor soil conditions
- rarely troubled by clubroot or cabbage root fly
Notes:
- winter survival will be improved by mulching and dosing with seaweed meal, ashes, or other potash source in the fall (overwintered shoots are sweet and choice)
Sources:
Results from My Garden:
| SEASON | SOURCE | DATES | PLANTS | SPACING | MATURITY | YIELD PER PLANT | AVG SIZE | DISEASE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BG | ||||||||
