vegetable seeds
Every month Chris Collins answers
your questions with advice on
sowing and growing.
Email a Question for Chris >
Free P&P on
all UK orders!
More Info >
Allotmenteers get
a 10% discount on
all seeds.
More Info >
Like us on facebook and get 10% off on your order!
See facebook page for offer code >

  Home > vegetable seeds > Borecole >

  Borecole (Kale) Red Russian
 
 
1 Pack Contains 150 Seeds

Our Price: £0.95


Quantity in Stock:30
Availability:: In Stock - Ships Next Day
Product Code: BOR03

Description Packet Details
 
Borecole Red Russian has a blue-green colour to leaves with purple accents to the veins. Leaves are flat with frilly edges. Often used for baby leaf. Can be steamed, and used for stir-fry and salads. Colour intensifies with colder temperatures. Sweet flavour.

SOW:  March through June

HARVEST:  Autumn & Winter

WHERE TO SOW:

Sowing Indoors - Fill a seed tray with moist seed compost almost to the top. Thinly sow seeds on surface and sprinkle with some more compost. Keep warm and moist. Transplant seedlings after they are large enough to handle into small pots. Gradually harden off seedlings and eventually transplant out to final positions after frost leaving about 50cm between plants.

Sowing Outdoors - Thinly sow seeds in short, shallow well watered rows. Cover with about 1cm of soil and water well until seedlings have doubled in size.

You have two choices when harvesting. As a 'cut and come again' crop you start removing leaves when the plant is just 5cm high (new leaves will continuously form). Alternatively wait till October before you start removing tender leaves from the top of the plant. Once the main crown has been harvested side shoots will form which will be ready to harvest from February onwards.
.
Shop With Confidence
VegetableSeeds.net has been verified as an ISIS-Accredited site by the IMRG - to verify membership status, click the icon on the right.

Share your knowledge of this product with other customers... Be the first to write a review

Browse for more products in the same category as this item:

vegetable seeds > Borecole


Chilli Pepper Jalapeno £0.95
Lettuce Little Gem £0.95
Swede Best of All £0.95