Size:430 (1g) Seeds Packet Content (approx.): 430 (1g) Kale Scarlet - Borecole / Curly kale is a beautiful new variety from UK breeding, Scarlet kale seeds produce plants that grow tall, with highly curled leaves, almost as dark purple as Redbor. Scarlet has great flavour either as baby leaf or mature kale, and the flavour improves (along with the colour) after frost. This is a handsome, ornamental, and very edible kale to try in your organic vegetable garden. Plan short rows of Scarlet for early spring, then for summer, and finally for fall and winter harvests. Chopped or minced raw kale contains the highest amount of sulforaphane, the compound thought to have powerful cancer-fighting properties. Boiling kale loses much of this property, while steaming and microwaving have less impact. Large strap-leafed plant with Scarlet leaves. Also known as Palm cabbage because of its appearance. Well flavored hardy plant. It can also be used in bedding to make a stunning back drop to other plants Kale 'Scarlet' produces highly decorative, dark green, red veined leaves which show more colour as colder weather approaches. This superb curly Kale makes a delicious 'salad leaf' when young, or can be grown to maturity for a supply of winter greens at a time when fresh vegetable are scarce in the garden. Mature plants show excellent winter hardiness, standing well in the harshest weather for a long season of harvest. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 60cm (24"). Companion planting: Try growing kale with Nasturtiums to draw cabbage white butterflies away from your crop, and mint to help deter flea beetles. Sow between mid May and July Germinates between 10 and 25°C. Plant spacing's 60 x 60cm. Harvest in Autumn and Winter For salad leaves Kale can be sown indoors all year round. Harvest 30 days from sowing during summer and up to 60 days during winter months. For mature plants, sow Kale seed from March to June. Direct sow outdoors into a well prepared seedbed.
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