Vegetables · Cool
Kale
Brassicaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 45 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 18 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mixclay
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Kale only turns properly sweet after the first frost — patience until November pays off. One plant feeds you October to March; keep picking the lower leaves and the crown keeps growing. A smoothie star and winter vitamin powerhouse in one.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-27 Phase 7 expansion
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