Garden In The Koop Dinosaur Kale Seeds Kale it doesn't like hot weather start it indoors, plant in the garden before the last frost or plant seeds outside in the fall for winter veggies It likes the cold weather; These plants can get pretty big so give it some room(about 15") Kale likes a lot of water but not all the time Kale doesn't need much fertilizer; likes clay soils; Put eggshells around the plant; it loves calcium; Ready to pick in 50 days