Kale

You Can Protect Your Kale Plants You can help protect your plants by using floating row covers. These covers prevent splashing water – that may… Read More »How Do You Protect Kale?

Daubenton’s kale (kale var ramosa) is a perennial vegetable that seems to have everything going for it: tasty, hardy, productive and easy to grow. What… Read More »What Is The Best Perennial Kale To Grow?

From Seed Sow seed directly into the garden or into a 12 inch wide by 12 inch deep container about three months before the last… Read More »When Should I Start Flowering Kale Seeds?

While ornamental cabbage and kale are edible, they tend to have a bitter flavor and are often used in a culinary setting as garnishes. Ornamental… Read More »What Can I Do With Ornamental Kale?

Red Russian is the most cold tolerant of the kale varieties, and some say, it is the sweetest. In Zones 5-10, it will easily last… Read More »What Is The Most Cold Hardy Kale?

Ornamental cabbages and kales do not tolerate summer heat and plants set out in spring will likely have bolted or declined in appearance, so it… Read More »Will Ornamental Kale Survive Summer?

Full sun and fertile, well-drained soil produce the fastest-growing and most tender leaves, though kale will tolerate partial shade as well. Does kale do well… Read More »Can Perennial Kale Grow In Shade?

A biennial (2-year) plant, kale produces leaves in the first year, and then, in the next year (or sometimes late in the first year), it… Read More »How Does Kale Reproduce?

You save the seeds from your prize plants. Provided your kale variety is open-pollinated, also referred to as heirloom (in other words, not a hybrid… Read More »Can I Save Kale Seeds?

Direct seed – Young kale plants are immune to the effects of vernalization, so directly-sowing kale seeds into the garden 6 to 8 weeks before… Read More »How Do You Keep Ornamental Kale From Bolting?