Vitessa

Variety

Vitessa

created by sabine e. at 22.06.2021

Seeds

Not Available

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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Description

Vitessa is sturdy and forms large, medium to finely curled, dark green leaves. The semi-high variety is suitable for harvesting in early winter, Vitessa survives up to -8°C without any problems. Kale develops its flavor best when it has received frost. Suitable for freezing and canning.

Non hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

Cultivation as a second crop after peas, early potatoes, beans. Requires a lot of nitrogen and potassium, mature compost and additionally incorporate horn shavings superficially, alternatively another nitrogen-emphasized complete fertilizer.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

50 cm

Row spacing

50 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm

Diseases

Club root of cabbage

Powdery mildews

Pests

Root knot nematodes

Cabbage white

Cabbage fly

Nematodes

White fly

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