Thin the seedlings to 8 to 12 inches apart. The seedlings may be transplanted. Care Kale are relatively easy to grow, requiring only normal cultivation and watering. They can be treated like collards or mustard greens. The entire kale plant may be cut.
Quality is improved by frost, and the plant can withstand light freeze.
Late summer planting usually gives best results. Kale can be harvested until a severe freeze in the winter. Removing the apical meristem prevents further growth. The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The mention of any commercial product in this web site does not imply its endorsement by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service over other products not named, nor does the omission imply that they are not satisfactory.