- Can be cooked or eaten raw
- Good for baby leaf and microgreens
- Sweet flavour
Description
'Kale- Red Russian' seeds
Brassica oleracea
Synonyms: Brassica fimbriata
- Can be cooked or eaten raw
- Good for baby leaf and microgreens
- Sweet flavour
Kale is a primitive leaf vegetable. 'Red Russian' is one of the most popular varieties; it grows to 75cm at a fast rate and has blue/green/red tinged serrated leaves with red veins. The young leaves are eaten raw like lettuce, the old leaves cooked like cabbage. Has a sweet flavour. Less prone to cabbage moth (and caterpillars) than other varieties. Can be grown as sprouts and microgreens.
Kale is also known as Borecole.
Culinary use
Seeds per gram: 345
Product code: A1-05_P
Best Months to Sow
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Quick Sowing Guide
| Method | Sow direct or raise seedlings |
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| Sowing Depth | 10mm |
| Season | Late summer and autumn |
| Germination | 3-7 days @ 8-30°C |
| Hardiness / Life Cycle | Hardy Biennial (usually grown as an annual) |
| Row Spacing | 50cm |
| Plant Spacing | 50cm |
| Plant Height | 75cm |
| Position | Part or full sun, moist soil |
| Days Until Maturity | 55-65 days |
*Notes: Protect from slugs, snails, aphids and caterpillars. Keep well watered. Pick leaves as needed when the plant reaches 30cm tall.
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How To Grow
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Ratings & Reviews
Kale- Red Russian
King of the kales. So tasty. Bugs love it but once it gets going no problems. Even if all the leaves of a seedling have been eaten by bugs give it a second chance and it can come back from the brink.
good germination rate. bugs love them!
I should have known better than to sow in spring in northern nsw. the bugs devoured them and whilst they survived they didn't thrive so I gave up and composted the lot. will buy some more seeds and try again in winter - like I should've done in the first place!
4/5
Easy to grow, tender when leaves picked young, high yield. Had issues with aphids. Dilute soapy water helped a little.
Not all the seeds came up
Had some problems with bugs, but sprayed with soapy water and now all is well. A very nice flavour, I break away from the central rib and use in my fresh salad mix.
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wonderful vegetable with many uses--very high in minerals vitamins and anti-oxidants
