Kale
Kale improves in flavor with a mild frost, it can be grown at either end
of the season, making it the perfect early spring or late fall crop. A
tasty and hardy vegetable, its blue-green leaves make it a good ornamental
plant as well.
-Planting: Seeds should be sewn ½ an inch deep in rows at least 18 inches
apart, or scatter some for low maintenance, wide-row cultivation.
-Growing: Mulching should be used to discourage weeds and keep roots cool,
and side dressings of fertilizer every few weeks will increase yield.
Constant moisture is also a must.
-Harvesting: Entire plants may be pulled at maturity, or pick only the
outer leaves as the plant matures to ensure a continuos crop. If the
plants are covered with a thick mulch during the winter, they will stay
green and can be picked at will. Turning the entire planting bed under in
the fall will turn the kale into a green manure crop.
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