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Introduction 0:00
Why I Use a Brassica Seed Bed 0:30
How to Sow Kale 0:53
Lifting Kale Seedlings 1:32
The 3 Types of Harvests Kale Offers 2:04
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Trialing different kale varieties 4:26
An amazing foolproof kale variety 5:05
How to Transplant Kale 5:14
The Sowing Timings for Year-Round Harvests 6:19
Working out how much to grow 7:27
Plant spacings between kale and extra transplant tips 8:06
Protecting kale from caterpillars and pigeons 9:30
General Tips for Kale Success 10:54
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I love how you do things so differently than anyone else I've watched. It's brilliant to grow your seedlings for transplanting in the ground, so much more sustainable than in pots with purchased starting mix under lights!!! And I agree, maybe I got the idea from you, but the flower shoots from kale are delicious and my new favorite food! We saute it in olive oil with garlic. Super yummy!
Great video. There's also perennial kales which will keep on producing for years. They don't give much in the way of flower spikes so you'd be down a crop there but are productive, low maintenance and easy to propagate.
One thing I found out a couple of years ago is that Brassicas don't use the mycorrhizal fungus network. I found this out just after a mass plant out and treating all my brassicas with the fungi. Ah well, it would help the following plants – and the weeds.
Avidly follow you and what you do and I learn so much, but hate product placements. We all need to earn but not good in my book!
That's a lot of brassicas you've got there. Did you take some precautions to avoid club root or is it because there are no neighbouring gardens?
My dreadful soil seems to like Kale. It’s one thing that thrives along with chard. I’m not a huge fan but it’s perfect for the chickens and I do love kale soup.
I live in a rural area but the wood pigeons are a menace. Everything here has to be netted, which I don’t like, but they eat everything.
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I get no kale because the groundhog eats it first.
Treat Kale flowers like broccoli…. Because it is broccoli. Kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and kohlerabi are all the same plant. "Brassica oleacea". They are simply different cultivars
In the northeast US, cabbage butterflies are a huge nuisance. My ducks and bunnies got all of the kale I harvested from May until the end of July. Now that the butterflies are no longer in season, the kale has turned bitter! Next year, I will be netting.
Couldn't find the answer on their faq or website but was just wondering as you've got some, does Four Sigmatic come in a plastic coffee bag/what is the material used to package it?
So amazing!!
Do you never get bothered by cabbage root fly on kales? They keep getting my perennial daubenton panache plants. Experimenting now with deep mulch around them hoping the eggs die on the top of the dry mulch. Kale is my favourite veggie I think! Great vid!
Huw, any idea why my kale leaves have gone purple? It's Red Russian kale and the same variety is in a raised bed and is fine with green leaves and a purple stem, however the one out in a container has gone fully bright purple all over. Any ideas?
Great videos, Hugh. And many thanks for the bread in Spar! Sergio
Promoting a product endorsed by Goop, with coffee beans not coming from Fair Trade, affordable only by the very rich… And here I am trying to do the best I can to grow veg so we can eat well. Thanks for the advice over the years, but I'll stop watching now.
dude, I just found out about your channel. Love it.
you are great! look at our channel, as it is in Russia.
Lost all my kale to butterflies, even my baby nursery showings ☹️
Can’t believe Huw still makes videos… used to watch your videos way back… found u again after searching for something and ur video came up. Great to see you’re doing well
I've put leaf kale in my garden this year and got a BIG problem with Euridema ventrale i Euridema oleracea. Unfortunately Neem oil doesn't affect them and I don't know how to save my winter crop! Please help me!
Always naturally well watered in Wales x
I keep trying to grow kale at work in caged plots. Something keeps eating it all though. Possibly mice. I have no clue what to do and it is probably too late to grow more
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Thank you Huw. You are my inspiration. I'II start my no dig garden in next year.