Brassicaceae · in the live register
Midnight Frill Kale
Brassica oleracea. Outcrossed by hand in the greenhouse from a border kale and a dressing kale, 2016.
- Days
- 55 days to baby leaf
- Habit
- 24 to 30 in
- Light
- Part shade tolerated
- Sowing
- Late summer direct
Dark enough that frost makes it look lit from inside. Cut it and it comes back three times; the fourth cutting is a bonus, not a promise.
From the grower's notes
“Don't baby it. Give it ordinary ground, keep the row marked, and write down what you did. Next year's borrower will be reading your note, not ours.”
The packet carries a pinch of seed and a copy of these notes. Sowing depth, spacing and the season's quirks are penciled on the back by whoever last returned it.
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