Curly Siberian Kale

Description

Siberian Kale (60 days) The hardiest of all leafy vegetables. Plant early spring or fall, drilled as turnips for salad. Kale withstands more heat and cold. The flavor is similar to that of turnip salad and it exceeds spinach in total food value.

A cool season crop that may be grown throughout the yea on most types of soil with pH of 5.5 to 6.5. Fertilize with a quality garden fertilizer. Make first planting 3-4 weeks before last frost in spring and make periodic plantings, every 3-4 weeks, until a month before first frost in fall. Drill seeds 1⁄2 inch deep and 1⁄2 inch apart in rows 2-3 feet apart. Sidedress twice, about 3 weeks and 5 weeks after seed comes up, with Nitrate of Soda. One ounce of seed will plant 200 feet of row; two lbs. seed per acre.