Kale : Black Tuscany
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Kale : Black Tuscany
Vegetable
- Days to Harvest: Summer to autumn as salad leaves and autumn to winter as mature Kale. (125 days)
Description
Fully grown plants have attractive dark green, deeply savoyed, strap-like leaves with traditional winter hardiness, making this a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce. Can also be grown as a baby salad leaf ingredient adding texture and a peppery taste to mixed salads.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | April-Sept for 'salad leaf', March - May for full size Kale. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1cm (½in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. |
For salad leaves, sow thinly. Thin seedlings when large enough to handle to 30cm (12in) apart.
For mature Kale, Sow seeds into individual pots or a seed tray of a proprietary compost and cover with 6mm (¼in) of compost or vermiculite, at a minimum of 15C ( 60F), until germination which takes around 7 days. Alternatively, can be sown thinly in a prepared seedbed 13mm (½in) deep, allowing 30cm (12in) between rows.
Growing Instructions
For mature Kale transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into larger pots, or transplant from the seedbed around 5 weeks from sowing, allowing 60cm (24in) each way.
Kitchen Notes
Can also be grown as a baby salad leaf ingredient adding texture and a peppery taste to mixed salads.