Red Russian / Roter Russischer

Variety

Red Russian / Roter Russischer

created by Mareike D. at 26.02.2021

Seeds

Not Available

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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Description

Healthy, vigorous leafy kale with purple stems and dark green, serrated leaves. Leaves are noticeably softer than other kale varieties. Harvest as baby leaves for salads or full-grown as a cooking vegetable. Medium frost hardiness.

Non hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

Planting distance about 75 x 30 cm, for harvesting as a baby leaf 15 x 10 cm. Mild aromatic taste. For Baby-Leaf sow approx. 2 weeks offset.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Seeding distance

40 cm

Row spacing

60 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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