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Kale 'Red Russian'
- Evergreen
Free delivery when you spend over £100
Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
A kitchen garden container classic, more compact than most kales, which can be sown and grown all year
On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.
- Evergreen
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- January - December
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Kale
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 45cm (18in)
- Cultivation
- Sow March-early August under cover (in individual cells or gutters to minimise root disturbance). Sow direct from mid-April. Keep well-watered. Plant out when seedlings are 7-8cm (3in) high, 45cm (18in) apart.
Care Tips
Grows best on soil which has been manured the previous autumn. Protect against cabbage white butterflies with fine netting. Firm the soil well around plant base to prevent wind rock and provide stakes to support tall plants in autumn.
Flowering Time
January - December
