Skip to product information
Lacinato Untreated Kale
Kale Seeds

Lacinato Untreated Kale

Latin name: Brassica oleracea var acephala Item #: 1540028U-OZ

Primitive open kale with strap-like, blue-green leaves (3 in/7.5 cm wide x 10 in/25 cm long). Ornamental as well as edible, flavor is enhanced by frost, extremely winter hardy. Untreated seed.

Starting at:
$9.36
Seed Type & Package Quantity
5 left

Volume Discounts

Volume discount applied at cart and checkout.

Volume OZ = 1 OZ Price Per OZ
1 OZ $9.36
More Information
Color
Dark Blue/Green
Relative Days
75-80
Latin name:
Brassica oleracea var acephala
Leaf Type
Strap Like
Growing Information

KALE for fresh market "greens", or cooking

Approx. 9,000 seeds per oz./28 g; oz./28 gr. sows 200 ft./61 m; pkt. sow 20 ft./6 m

CULTURE: Kale is a very hardy member of the loose-leafed cabbage family. It is very easy to grow and in fact, light frosts improve the taste! Choose a rich, fertile loam, preferably one on which cabbages or related cold crops have not been grown the previous year. Kale likes a sunny, well drained soil with some shelter or semi shade in hot climates. Fertilize just like cabbage and keep well watered during hot summer months.

SOW SEED: Sow in late June or July at 2 seeds per in/25 mm; 1/2 in/13 mm deep, cover seed and firm. Space rows 1.5 - 2.5 ft/46 - 76 cm apart; thin plants to 10 - 12 in/25 - 31 cm apart when the seedlings are 2.5 in/6 cm high. Use discarded seedlings for salad greens. Kale is often used as a "succession planting" to follow mid-summer harvests of radishes, early lettuce etc.

HARVEST - There are two methods: (a) cut the whole plant after your first frost in Oct. - Nov., if you intend to use it as a cooked vegetable like spinach. (b) Cut-and-Come-Again - cut inner leaves as they mature (superior in taste to outer leaves). Fresh green material may be harvested for many months for salad greens.

STORAGE - With some light straw protection kale will stand throughout the winter in areas where mid winter temps. do not dip below zero. If it survives, it will produce large quantities of early spring "greens" for the table.

Rooted in Canadian Excellence

Reliable Germ Rates

Of Trust and Tradition

Related

Most Popular Products

View all