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Planted 2014-10-29

First harvest expected 2014-12-11

Finished 2015-05-24

  • kale
  • kale
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(One emojii = 1 week)

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

almost 12 years ago 2014-10-29

Progress

Done 207 days

Quantity

12 seedlings

Grown in

shade

Rating

not rated

Notes

204-10-29: Planted 4 kale in earthbox (with spinach and garlic) on north-facing balcony. Planted 2 with herbs in railing basket on north-facing balcony.

2015-01-19: Got a different variety of kale. Planted 1 kale with lemon tree and 1 kale in separate pot on south-facing balcony. Planted 3 kale in second earthbox (with broccoli) on north-facing balcony.

2015-01-25: Harvested some of the first round of kale.

2015-05-02: Harvested most of the remaining kale. (Harvested several other times since the last update, and some regrew.)

2015-05-24: We actually have a bit of one kale left, since it keeps re-growing, but the others are all past done.

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Harvests

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Seeds saved

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Activities

Nothing is planned here.

Crop

Photo of kale

Kale

Brassica oleracea Acephala group

a variety of Brassica Oleracea Acephela Group

  • 75 plantings
  • 24 harvests
  • An annual, living about 178 days
  • First harvest about 43 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 118 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other kale plantings at the same latitude.