{"id":8277,"date":"2010-08-08T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8277"},"modified":"2010-08-06T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T15:58:49","slug":"growing-and-harvesting-curly-kale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-and-harvesting-curly-kale\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing and Harvesting Curly Kale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4129\/4834884138_39b17a7769.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kale or borecole has returned to popularity as a vegetable. Kale is a form of cabbage Brassica oleracea Acephala  and has green or purple leaves.<\/p>\n<h2>Growing Curly Kale<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The leaves do not form a cabbage head but remain open.<\/li>\n<li>Some varieties have flat leaves but the flavour and texture is not as refined. These leaves are often used as animal feed.<\/li>\n<li>Baby leaves can be used in a salad and have a peppery taste.<\/li>\n<li>Black Tuscany Kale has attractive dark green, deeply savoyed, strap-like leaves.<\/li>\n<li>The traditional winter hardiness makes this a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce.<\/li>\n<li>F1 Kale Reflex has more intensely curled, succulent and nutritious, dark green leaves which stand well without yellowing.<\/li>\n<li>Grow Kale from seeds planted in February or March. Some varieties supplied by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;kale&lt;\/b&gt;\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a> can be grown inside for salads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eattheseasons.co.uk\/Archive\/kale.htm\">Eat the Seasons<\/a> says &#8216;Kale is a very handy ingredient for seasonal eaters as it is one of the few green vegetables that is more abundant and flavourful during the coldest months of the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2>Harvesting Kale<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Choose a good variety and pick the greenstuff when it is young and tender .<\/li>\n<li>Pick from the crown of the plant from November onwards.<\/li>\n<li>Remove a few young leaves each time you pick.<\/li>\n<li>Use a sharp knife or a sharp downwards tug.<\/li>\n<li>Do not gather mature or yellowing leaves for kitchen use as they will be bitter.<\/li>\n<li>Stripping of the crown will stimulate the development of succulent side shoots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on Ornamental Kale <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/ornamental-kale-ornamental-cabbage\/\">read<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kale or borecole has returned to popularity as a vegetable. Kale is a form of cabbage Brassica oleracea Acephala and has green or purple leaves. Growing Curly Kale The leaves do not form a cabbage head but remain open. Some varieties have flat leaves but the flavour and texture is not as refined. These leaves are often used as animal feed. Baby leaves can be used in a salad and have a peppery taste. Black Tuscany Kale has attractive dark&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-and-harvesting-curly-kale\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}