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Kale 'Reflex'
- Evergreen
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
One of the must-have plants for our ornamental veg garden, a green curly kale more compact than others, so ideal as a pretty, low-maintenance, edible border to a veg garden bed
- Evergreen
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- 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.