Greenpeace Kale, Organic

$3.45 $3.95 -13% OFF

Greenpeace Kale, Organic

$3.45 $3.95 -13% OFF
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Product description

The Seed Savers Exchange - Yes, this purple-stemmed Siberian kale is nutritious and delicious, producing crunchy, crisp leaves with a sweet flavor (made sweeter with frost!) and only a hint of bitterness. Green, slightly blistered leaves have lobed margins and purple petioles and measure 15.5-18.5" long and 5.5-8.5" wide. The variety hails from the Greenpeace Experimental Farm in British Columbia, Canada, a self-sufficient organic farming community formed in 1974 on Denman Island by Jim and Marie Bohlen, co-founders of the Greenpeace environmental organization. 40 days from transplant. 

Characteristics: 

  • Organic
  • Green blistered leaves with purple stems
  • Leaves grow 5.5 to 8.5 inches wide by 15 to 18 inches long
  • Developed by the Greenpeace Experimental Farm in Britsh Columbia
  • The excellent flavor is enhanced by frost
  • 40 days from transplant
  • 150 seeds per packet 

Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼" deep. Plant out just before the last frost. Kale is most tender and delicious after a frost. Harvest can continue even after snow. 

Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost

Germinate 3-10 days

Plant Rows 24" apart 

Light: Full Sun

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