6 x Kale Redbor F1 Plug Plants

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Plant Count: 6

Kale Redbor F1 plug plants ready for potting on and growing on in frost free greenhouse or on sunny windowsill ready for planting out as soon as last frosts have passed

 Kale Redbor F1 will give you a striking leaf colour of red tinted leaves that turn darker in colder weather. Redbor Kale is a amazing crop of tasty leaves, sweet kale variety that looks a bit like a cross between the Curly and Red Russian varieties. Use it raw or cooked! also a wonderful addition to any winter garden.

With a long winter harvest, they provide a good source of nutrition during winter months.

Its curly and red like leaves are fantastic in a stir fry with excellent taste. Kale is a nutritional powerhouse with powerful antioxidant properties and is also anti-inflammatory.

Ideal for successive cutting it keeps on producing tender leaves for months on end.

Not only is Kale a tasty vegetable with a long cropping season but it is a very attractive vegetable as well.

Many gardeners grow them in their borders purely for their ornamental value, especially over winter. Kale is resistant to most pests and diseases and grows in almost any site and position.

 

Plant: 12-24 inches apart, maintaining the strongest plants. These early thinning are wonderful for fresh salad greens.

Now apply 1/4 to 1/2 cup of our complete fertilizer, or equivalent, into the soil around each young plant to provide the nutrition necessary for optimum production.

Harvesting: They provide a crop between late September to early May.

Harvest the young leaves only which will be at the top of the plant. This will stimulate the plant to produce more young tender leaves.

When plug plants arrive transplant into individual 7.5cm (3") pots of compost and grow on at a minimum temperature of 15C (59F).

When plants are well grown, transplant into baskets and containers. If the plant is suited for growing outdoors when all risk of frost has passed gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 - 10 days before positioning baskets outdoors in a sheltered position in full sun once all frost risk has passed.

Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.
Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.