Thompson & Morgan Kale Scarlet 200 Seeds Packet

Enjoy vibrant harvests with Thompson & Morgan Kale Scarlet 200 Seeds Packet as you pick tender young leaves for salads and let mature plants deliver colourful winter greens, all from one packet. You'll love how the decorative dark green foliage with red veins becomes even more striking in colder weather, making your vegetable patch as attractive as it is productive. Sowing is simple, whether indoors for year-round salads or outdoors for robust winter crops, and companion planting with nasturtiums and mint helps protect your kale naturally. Each packet brings approximately 200 seeds, complete with growing instructions so you can make the most of your garden space and enjoy harvests from September to February. Companion planting: Try growing kale with Nasturtiums to draw cabbage white butterflies away from your crop, and mint to help deter flea beetles. How to grow: For salad leaves, Kale can be sown all year round indoors. Harvest 30 days from sowing during summer and up to 60 days during winter months. For mature plants, sow Kale seed from March to June. Direct sow outdoors into a well-prepared seedbed for transplanting to their final positions later on. Sow at a depth of 1cm (1/2") and a distance of 23cm (9") between rows. Kale plants can be transplanted to their final positions approximately five weeks from sowing. Grow kale in firm, rich, fertile, well-drained soil in sun or semi shade. Prepare the soil in early spring by adding plenty of well-rotted farmyard manure to the soil to improve its structure and fertility. Apply lime to acid soils to reduce the acidity and lessen the risk of clubroot. When transplanting kale, plant it slightly deeper in the ground than it was in the seedbed. Plant kale at a distance of 60cm (24") apart and cover with a protective netting or fleece to prevent attack from birds and insects. Water the plants thoroughly after planting.