Kale Jagallo Negro Seeds

Info: Kale Jagallo Negro is a leafy kale with deeply lobed, turquoise-green leaves. This variety is particularly suitable as a baby leaf variety, which means you can harvest the leaves when they are only a few centimeters tall (about 2 - 4 weeks after sowing). Then they have a particularly mild flavour and taste delicious on bread or in salads and smoothies. The larger grown leaves have a firmer, crunchier texture and are best cooked. Outgrown kale reaches about 60-70 cm.

General Info: Besides its versatility and simple cultivation, kale is an incredibly healthy and highly basic vegetable. It provides a lot of calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, vitamin A, B, K and vitamin C plus a lot of antioxidatively active plant materials. Its high-quality protein and the contained omega-3 fatty acids also ensure that it is always recommended as an alternative to animal fat and protein.

Sowing & cultivation: Kale is very easy to grow and and one of the hardiest plants in the wide and varied Brassica tribe. It tolerates poor soil conditions and very cold temperatures. But Kale does not tolerate heat. Therefore, it is sown in early spring or late summer (end of August) directly outdoors. Sowing depth: 1,5 cm, with a distance of 20-25 cm. Kale will produce a good crop provided that the drainage is satisfactory. As a cut and come again crop you can start removing leaves when the plant is just 10cm high. Alternatively wait till October before you start removing tender leaves from the top of the plant. Once the main crown has been harvested side shoots will form which will be ready to harvest from February to May.