Vegetable

• Crops in : Harvest June onwards as salad leaves, October for winter use

Description

Curly Kale! Recent breeding has given Kale Reflex more intensely curled, succulent and nutritious, dark leaves which stand well without yellowing and can be picked for much of the year from successional sowings. Kale Reflex is fully winter hardy. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Sowing Instructions

Sow seeds March to June, in succession, for an extended harvest. Sow seeds thinly in a well prepared seedbed, 13mm (½in) deep in drills 23cm (9in) apart.

Growing Instructions

Transplant when large enough to handle, about five weeks from sowing, to 50cm (20in) between plants each way. Plant firmly and keep well watered until established.

Aftercare

Fleece against caterpillar and aphid as necessary, and net against pigeons during the winter months.