How to grow kale

Welcome to our section on how to grow kale. Here we will give you a overview on how to grow them, how to look after them and the varieties.

Kale can be planted from March through to June.

King Kale

Winter Red Kale

Scarlett Kale

Tronchuda Kale

Abundance Kale

Lacinato kale

Red Russian Kale

Siberian Kale

Gai Lan

Vates Blue Curled Scotch Kale

Walking Stick Kale

Seeds can be sown thinly in deep seed beds, once they start to grow they need thinning out to about 8cm apart.

The young kale plants need to moved to the new growing position when the plants have around 6-7 leaves. The lowest leaves need to be at ground level.

The plants need to be well watered in. You need around 45cm between the plants.

The plants need protecting from the birds. Pidgeon’s especially love to eat them.

Leaves can be removed from the plant from October onwards. Start taking them off from the top of the plant.

Side shoots come after the main crown is harvested and these are usually ready around March.