This non-heading member of the cabbage family produces nutritious leaves popular in the south as a cooked vegetable green. This variety is a vigorous grower that produces tender, juicy, blue-green leaves. Plants are easy to grow and tolerant of heat and cold. Delicious boiled, steamed, or in salads.
Culture: Sow directly in the garden in spring and summer. Seeds can also be started indoors 5-6 weeks before the last frost. Plant in a sunny location in loose soil.
Harvest: Pick entire plant, or gradually pick lower leaves.
Nutrition: One of the most nutritious of all greens, very rich in calcium and vitamins A and C.
- Planting Depth: 1/4"-1/2" (6-13 mm.)
- Seed Spacing: 1" (2.5 cm.)
- Spacing Between Rows: 24"-30" (60-75 cm.)
- Days to Germination: 5-14
- Spacing After Thinning: 12"-18" (30-45 cm.)
- Days to Maturity: 60-80