Start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before first Fall frost. To avoid insect damage, cover the entire row with a floating row cover at planting time. Remove the cover temporarily to thin the plants and then replace until harvest time. This plant has huge cabbage-like, lightly crumpled leaves. Plants grow 31 inches tall.
Leaves are blue-green in color.
Tolerates heat and poor soil conditions. 75 days - Dark green, slick crumpled leaves on 30 inch tall plants. Plants are bolt and frost resistant. Winter hardy in Southern and Mid Atlantic states. Start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before first Fall frost.