Kale 'Blue Curled Scotch'
Kale 'Blue Curled Scotch' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Blue Curled Scotch' has finely curled, very decorative, blue-green leaves on a compact plant. It is extremely hardy, slow to bolt in spring and tolerant of both hot and cold weather. Grow it as a winter vegetable or as an ingredient in salad mixes. As a microgreen it has blue-green fringed leaves. It has a peppery cabbage flavour and is very nutritious; a source of folate, vitamin K, iron, iodine, calcium and vitamin C.
Product: Kale 'Blue Curled Scotch'
Product type: SEED (100)
Botanical name: Brassica oleracea Acephala Group
Blue Curled Scotch' has finely curled, very decorative, blue-green leaves on a compact plant. It is extremely hardy, slow to bolt in spring and tolerant of both hot and cold weather. Grow it as a winter vegetable or as an ingredient in salad mixes. As a microgreen it has blue-green fringed leaves. It has a peppery cabbage flavour and is very nutritious; a source of folate, vitamin K, iron, iodine, calcium and vitamin C.
Plant type: Cool season annual, frost hardy
Plant height: 35 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 8 - 30°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring and early autumn
Subtropical: March - July
Tropical: Late March - July
Germination: 3 - 10 days
Depth: 10 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Direct into garden bed or seedling tray
Soil type: Fertile well-drained soil pH 6 - 7
Rows: 45 cm apart
Details: Keep soil moist; heavy feeder, add organic fertiliser monthly
Harvest: 30 days salad mix; 55 days full size; harvest the young, tender inside leaves
100 seeds per packet
Brassica oleracea Acephala Group
Cool season annual, frost hardy
Kale 'Blue Curled Scotch'
Blue Curled Scotch' has finely curled, very decorative, blue-green leaves on a compact plant. It is extremely hardy, slow to bolt in spring and tolerant of both hot and cold weather. Grow it as a winter vegetable or as an ingredient in salad mixes. As a microgreen it has blue-green fringed leaves. It has a peppery cabbage flavour and is very nutritious; a source of folate, vitamin K, iron, iodine, calcium and vitamin C.