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Curly Kale.

PlashingPlashing Posts: 328
in Fruit & veg
I have a row of dwarf curly kale which is growing very well in fact its to far on is it alright if I start harvesting the outer leaves now,because other years I have only harvested the middle of the plant which in other years hasn't been ready before November.I am wondering if anybody has used the outer leaves?.

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    I do while they are still young, but I can never keep up and soon the other leaves are left in favor of the newer younger leaves.  But typically the outer leaves are my first few harvests.  
    Utah, USA.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I've been harvesting ours for over a month now picking from the middle layer, leaving the tougher, older leaves at the bottom as well as the central shoot and younger leaves.  We've had a few good meals so far.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Obelixx said:
    I've been harvesting ours for over a month now picking from the middle layer, leaving the tougher, older leaves at the bottom as well as the central shoot and younger leaves.  We've had a few good meals so far.
    That’s how I did it when I grew kale. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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