Kales. Russian Red and Noro di Toscana...too late?

[Hector]

Am I too late to sow these?
Many Thanks
Jackie

[Hector]

[Robert_Brenchley]

You're very late, but no harm done. You may end up with rather small plants.

[djbrenton]

Nero di Toscana carries on through the winter so you may find it a useful plant come spring if you sow now. It's only going to take up space you'd not be using anyway in all likelihood.

[goodlife]

Russian Red you should get away with late sowing..but you won't be cropping them until spring then.

[goodlife]

 ;D Upsie daisy.. ;D..we covered both varieties with the answers then.. ;)

[Hector]

Thanks for this :) Will I have to cover with fleece in winter?

[goodlife]

No..both are perfectly winter hardy.

[Hector]

Fantastic. I love Kale, so that will be super. Never tried any except green kale...so looking forward to this :)

[Poolcue]

I purchased some Kale Black Tuscany today because the packet says you can sow up to August for salad leaves.

[pigeonseed]

Yes that's what I did in the first year with Tuscan black kale - but it's not my idea of salad to be honest. Bit chewy!

Those plants were small in the winter but shot up in spring and lasted through a second winter before going to seed. We were all sick of kale by then!  ;D

[Hector]

Lol...I will try chewy too :)

[Jeannine]

I like Vates for a late planting, variety is shorter and very winter hardy.. actualyl although I do grow a few different ones I find the shorter ones are more hardy than the tall ones personally.

XX Jeannine