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:

• Bountiful Gardens

Results from My Garden: