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Vivid purple-red tightly curled leaves. Modern hybrid combining curly form with stunning colour. Ornamental and edible. Colour deepens with frost.
Brassica oleracea (Siberian)
vegetable
A fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Red Bor Kale
Start Red Bor Kale indoors about 6 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in partial sun, spaced about 45 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 65 days.
Red Bor Kale seed rarely stays viable beyond 4 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 90 cm · Soil: Rich, moist, slightly alkaline
Coccinellidae
The one predator here where the adults hunt as hard as the larvae do.
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Red Bor Kale — and alongside each other.
