Kale
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This leafy green is a cut-and-come-again vegie, which can provide a harvest for 12 months or more.
When to plant/sow in zone:
Requirements:
Full sun in warm temperate and cold areas; semi-shade in tropics and subtropics
Soil:
Well-drained soil enriched with compost and/or well-rotted manure or organic pellets; add lime or dolomite if pH is less than 6.5
How to start: SEED: Sow direct in the ground or in punnets into seed-raising mix, 10mm deep. Keep moist. Germinates in 3-7 days. SEEDLING: Plant outside when seedlings are 5-10cm+ tall. Space 50cm apart, in rows 50cm apart. Water in and mulch with straw. Can be grown in a 30cm+ diameter pot in premium potting mix.
How to grow: Keep moist and mulch with straw. Apply seaweed solution or liquid fertiliser fortnightly. Apply organic fertiliser pellets monthly.
When to harvest: Harvest from 8 weeks, picking the outside leaves as needed.
Troubleshooting:
Cabbage white butterfly; cabbage moth; aphids; possums
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