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Kale spacing
Some SQF gardening charts say 1 per square and some say 2 is okay.
I'd like to put 2 per square is that okay?
I'd like to put 2 per square is that okay?
Re: Kale spacing
yep, I do, especially since they are a cut and come again plant. harvest from the bottom up. BTW, kale tends to have bottom leaves that yellow. Cut and compost.
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Re: Kale spacing
If you are going to "cut and grow" you can do 2/sq in a zig zag pattern. I don't know what the pattern is called.
The diagonal of a square is about 17". Example. Start about 4" up and 4" over from the lower left corner of the square (about 5+" from the corner on a diagonal) for the first kale. Second plant at about 4" down and 4" over from the upper right kitty corner (or 8+" away on the diagonal ) for the second plant. Repeat on the next square, etc. The plants will form a zig zag.
The diagonal of a square is about 17". Example. Start about 4" up and 4" over from the lower left corner of the square (about 5+" from the corner on a diagonal) for the first kale. Second plant at about 4" down and 4" over from the upper right kitty corner (or 8+" away on the diagonal ) for the second plant. Repeat on the next square, etc. The plants will form a zig zag.
Re: Kale spacing
I grow 2 winterbor kale per square. But maybe some kale is larger than winterbor and takes up more room. I would start with 2 per square and if they get too large, you can always cut down one or harvest a lot of leaves from both.
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Re: Kale spacing
what kind of kale?
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Re: Kale spacing
sanderson wrote:If you are going to "cut and grow" you can do 2/sq in a zig zag pattern. I don't know what the pattern is called.
The diagonal of a square is about 17". Example. Start about 4" up and 4" over from the lower left corner of the square (about 5+" from the corner on a diagonal) for the first kale. Second plant at about 4" down and 4" over from the upper right kitty corner (or 8+" away on the diagonal ) for the second plant. Repeat on the next square, etc. The plants will form a zig zag.
Sounds like a plan!
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Re: Kale spacing
My Red Russian grew monstrous last year. This year's winter crop is well on its way to doing the same. Yesterday, my daughter and I ate all the outer leaves to our heart's content. They are indeed cut and come back. If we keep up with that, 1 per square works fine for us.
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Re: Kale spacing
Windmere wrote:My Red Russian grew monstrous last year. This year's winter crop is well on its way to doing the same. Yesterday, my daughter and I ate all the outer leaves to our heart's content. They are indeed cut and come back. If we keep up with that, 1 per square works fine for us.
We juice a lot so the outer leaves will be harvested regularly.
Re: Kale spacing
TSHRED wrote:camprn wrote:what kind of kale?
Lacinato and Vates Blue Curled Scotch.
Blue Curled Scotch is one I would plant one each foot. http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/4089-dwarf-blue-scotch-curled
and the same with Lacinato
http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/10238-lacinato
Not only must the foliage canopy be considered, so too how large the root system will need to be to support such a plant. Foliage plants like kales, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, will grow more vigorously if there is enough room for the roots to take up more nutrients. They also like nitrogen rich compost, a lot.
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Re: Kale spacing
camprn wrote:TSHRED wrote:camprn wrote:what kind of kale?
Lacinato and Vates Blue Curled Scotch.
Blue Curled Scotch is one I would plant one each foot. http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/4089-dwarf-blue-scotch-curled
and the same with Lacinato
http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/10238-lacinato
Thanks for the tip. I just put them in 2 per but I can redo no problem.
Re: Kale spacing
Did you read the info at the links?TSHRED wrote:camprn wrote:TSHRED wrote:camprn wrote:what kind of kale?
Lacinato and Vates Blue Curled Scotch.
Blue Curled Scotch is one I would plant one each foot. http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/4089-dwarf-blue-scotch-curled
and the same with Lacinato
http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/10238-lacinato
Thanks for the tip. I just put them in 2 per but I can redo no problem.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Kale spacing
camprn wrote:Did you read the info at the links?TSHRED wrote:camprn wrote:TSHRED wrote:camprn wrote:what kind of kale?
Lacinato and Vates Blue Curled Scotch.
Blue Curled Scotch is one I would plant one each foot. http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/4089-dwarf-blue-scotch-curled
and the same with Lacinato
http://myfolia.com/plants/48-kale-brassica-oleracea-acephala-group/varieties/10238-lacinato
Thanks for the tip. I just put them in 2 per but I can redo no problem.
Yes. Thank you.
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