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Kale: Quick Tips

Published September 12, 2022

Kale grows lush and tender and fall when the weather is cool or moist.
Kale doesn't like hot weather.
Spring planted crops start to get tough and bitter when summer heat arrives.
When the plants are stressed they become more susceptible to insects like aphids control with insecticidal soap spray.
Start new kale plant in August (September in the south) to mature in the cooler weather of autumn.
Cold weather and frost makes kale taste makes amazingly sweet!
Wait until leaves have thawed to harvest after a frost.
Fall kale crop continues to produce new leaves for harvesting well into the winter.
Harvest Kale from the bottom up.
Break off a few of the larger leaves from each plant by holding the stem near the central stalk and gently snapping downward.
Be sure not to remove the newly emerging leaves at the top of the plant or damage the top most growing point.
Eventually your plants may look like miniature palm trees.

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