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Kale: Red Russian
‘Red Russian is a hardy, fast-growing kale with soft, flat leaves and striking purple-red veins. Tender and sweet in flavour, especially after frost, it’s ideal for both baby leaf harvests and mature winter greens. Productive and attractive, this variety is perfect for extending the growing season and adding colour to the vegetable plot.
4 in stock
Description
- Best Grown: Outdoors in beds or raised beds
- Sowing Time: April–June
- Plant Out: May–July
- Harvest Time: June–March (approx. 6–10 weeks from sowing for baby leaves)
- Spacing: Plant 45–60 cm apart in rows 60 cm apart
- Height: Grows approx. 60–90 cm tall
- Difficulty: Easy
Why grow it?
- Tender leaves with mild, sweet flavour
- Attractive red-purple veining
- Suitable for baby leaves or mature harvests
- Hardy and long-cropping
- Improves in flavour after frost
How to grow: Sow seeds April–June into seed trays or a prepared seedbed. Transplant seedlings once large enough, spacing well to allow plants to develop fully. Keep soil moist and weed-free. Harvest young leaves early for salads, or pick outer leaves regularly from mature plants to encourage continued growth through autumn and winter.
Cooking / usage ideas: Use young leaves raw in salads or lightly wilted. Mature leaves are excellent sautéed, steamed, or added to soups and stews.
Seeds per pack: 1/4 teaspoonful of seeds
