The three varieties we chose to run with are Lacinato, Red Russian and Vate's blue curled with a few Purple Vienna kohlrabi to mix it up. I have purposely planted very tight much closer then recommended, the aim is to maximise the production in our limited space with out diminishing our yield from overcrowding. Only time will tell wether its too tight but I am quietly confident we will produce good yields of nutritious pesticide free home grown goodness. Numbers in the bed are as follows.
- 10 Lacinato kale at the back as I believe these will probably grow the tallest of the kale and will be used mainly as a cooked green.
- 17 Red Russian kale through the middle extremely vigorous plants I would like to use these mostly as a salad green so will try to harvest these young.
- 17 Vate's blue curled a dwarf species I have planted these at the front so as not to let them be overshadowed by the two other larger varieties.
- The 10 purple Vienna Kohlrabi should grow quickly and be harvested well before the Kale grow tall. That's the plan so far but as we know gardening is 20% plan 70% luck and 10% water.
The seedlings have been watered in well and I will keep the water up to them until they are established. We have had a fair bit of rain over the last week so has been an ideal time to get some plants in the ground.
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