KALE VATES BLUE CURLY SEEDS
Heirloom | Open-Pollinated |
🌱 Grow Beautiful, Nutritious Blue-Green Curly Kale!
Vates Blue Curled Scotch Kale is a traditional heirloom variety prized for its compact growth, beautifully curled blue-green leaves and excellent cold tolerance.
This productive leafy vegetable produces tender, flavourful leaves that become sweeter after exposure to light frost. Its compact growing habit makes it ideal for vegetable gardens, raised beds and containers.
Harvest the young leaves for fresh salads or allow them to mature for delicious stir-fries, soups, smoothies and homemade kale chips.
Why Grow Vates Blue Kale?
- Beautiful, tightly curled blue-green foliage.
- Compact plants, approximately 30–40 cm tall.
- Excellent cool-season vegetable.
- Cold-hardy and frost-tolerant.
- Rich in vitamins A, C and K.
- Continuous harvests over several months.
- Ideal for South African winter vegetable gardens.
- Perfect for containers and small spaces.
🌱 GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
Botanical Name: Brassica oleracea var. sabellica
Best Planting Season: Autumn and winter in most South African regions. Spring planting is also suitable in cooler climates.
Germination: Approximately 5–10 days under suitable conditions.
Ideal Germination Temperature: 15–24°C.
Sowing Depth: 5–10 mm.
Plant Spacing: 30–45 cm.
Row Spacing: 45–60 cm.
Sunlight: Full sun, with some afternoon shade in warmer regions.
Soil: Fertile, well-draining soil enriched with compost.
Watering: Keep soil consistently moist without waterlogging.
Harvest: Approximately 50–65 days from sowing for mature leaves. Baby leaves can be harvested earlier.
How to Plant
1. Prepare the soil with well-rotted compost.
2. Sow seeds directly into prepared beds or seedling trays, approximately 5–10 mm deep.
3. Keep the soil evenly moist until germination.
4. Transplant seedlings when they have 3–4 true leaves.
5. Space plants 30–45 cm apart to allow healthy growth.
6. Water regularly and mulch around the plants to retain moisture.
7. Harvest the larger outer leaves first, leaving the central growing point intact for continuous production.
Growing Tips
Kale develops its best flavour during cooler weather. Light frost can improve its sweetness.
For an extended harvest, remove older outer leaves regularly without damaging the centre of the plant.
During hot South African summers, provide afternoon shade and adequate moisture to reduce plant stress.
Seed Saving: Allow selected healthy plants to flower and form mature, dry seed pods. Kale is biennial and may require a prolonged cool period before flowering. Isolate flowering plants from compatible Brassica oleracea varieties to maintain seed purity.
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