KALE-RED RUSSIAN
KALE-RED RUSSIAN
A$3.50
Availability: 68 in stock
Seeds Per Pack: 325
Brassica napus
KALE-RED RUSSIAN an old favorite is an excellent red-veined bunching kale. Sweeter and more tender than other kales during warm weather, yet also tolerates extreme cold. Plants have frilly purple-veined blue-green leaves tinged with reddish-purple. Colour deepens in the cold. It has a sweet taste, not bitter like traditional varieties of curly kale. It can be eaten as baby leaf or fully grown and still maintains its sweet flavor 60-376cm plant height.
Sow the seeds in a seedbed. When the plant is about 22cm high and four leaves have developed (about 6 weeks after sowing) transplant them to their final positions. They should be planted slightly deeper than they grew in the seedbed. Plant late summer/early spring.
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| Germination Time (Days) | 6 – 12 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 10 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 40 – 60 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 50 – 100 |
| pH | 6 – 7 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Hardy |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings |
| Seed Preparation | – |
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