Grow Perfect Kale Every Time!
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- "Eat your greens!" they said...and they weren't wrong! Kale, (like all leafy greens) are some of the healthiest foods you can eat. Nutritious, delicious... and so easy to grow! What's not to like?
In fact, they're so delicious that it seems everything in your garden wants to eat them too... Ben teaches what to look out for and how to care for our precious leafy friends in this week's episode. With his expert tips, you'll be growing perfect kale every time, in no time!
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Whenever I have a day that could be better the immediate relief I get from Ben and his enthusiasm for the simplest forms of beauty (growing things) always, always, always picks me up and makes me smile again.
That's very kind of you to say Andrew - it's great to know the videos are motivating. Top man!
@@GrowVeg Dear Ben! So motivating!!! Yesterday (after your videos) I worked in my garden in the snow from 8 am until 2 pm and repaired my compost!!!! 😄😄😄😍
I loved gardening, but I felt like quitting, and for a few months, i did not care for my garden, watching his videos motivated me to start gardening again. 😇
That's so great to hear - hope you've made a start on it. :-)
Just work on a small area, then! People with large spaces often get overwhelmed by their space.
Sometimes walking away and letting it get out of hand is a path to great results
I mass plant kale and regularly pick baby leaves. The younger the leaves, the richer the flavour. You can also have lots of varieties in a small space!!!
That's a great way to grow them. :-)
I grow so much kale, every single year. I freeze regularly during the season to have plenty to eat over the winter.
That's the way to do it Kris. :-)
Thank you I was about to ask about freezing.
I harvest mine all thru the winter I love that’s it’s the only crop I can winter harvest 😁 I’m in zone 8 btw
I live in tropical Indonesia and Kale thrives in the heat - even during the hot and humid dry season! It's the only brassica apart from Asian Greens I can grow in my area.
Gloria a ti,señor,por todo/ Viva Christo Rey
Deer also like to eat kale. I've learned that covering it with Tulle works well. It can be gotten either online or any fabric store and it's safe for the birds.
Great idea, thank you.
Cheers ! Its really a good sign that wildlife eats kale , the creatures know whats good to eat ,
First year growing kale! 👍👍👍🇨🇦
Great stuff Frances - enjoy!
Best kale video hands down! This man knows what he’s talking about and he’s helped my garden THRIVE! Thank you!
That's wonderful to hear - thanks so much for the feedback!
Thank you! I’ll be growing mine in my Aerogarden, but was super clueless! My bunny is going to be pumped, and anytime I can skip the store, I’m pumped!
i grew some kale ast year and it was so deliciousx
I love 😍 Kale Ben so I definitely have to grow it.
Thanks for the video Ben. I grow kale all year round, because in Germany, where I live, you can only buy kale (Grünkohl) in the late Autumn after the first frosts. Please everyone pick a sturdy netting to cover your crops or birds can easily get tangled up in a loose floppy netting.
Yes, very good point - we don't want to harm the birds.
I buy fabric called tule.
Ben has become my go-to veg guy. Thanks for the awesome and very helpful videos!
You’re very welcome - thank you for watching. 😀
Aphids have been terrible this year😢 I didn’t catch in time and had to cut my kale back but it has started to regrow I’ll keep a closer eye on it💚
Thanks for this video. I was wondering when to pot up my kale and other brassicas.
Caterpillars won in my garden last year. Going to plant some sacrificial pots this year to feed them but cover my maincrop, as Gary said "a lesson learned..."
Informative, to the point, and easy to watch!
another fantastic video! boy it seems like spring wont ever get here, cant wait to see how this year shapes up. thank you for being here for us all with your videos and inspiring us to make the world a beautiful place!
Thanks Mikki. Spring's not far off now I'm sure. :-)
Trying out kale for the first time (purple kale). Will definitely find a way to cover them now 😊
I am so in love with planting kale ,i can't wait ti grow some more,i feel good seeing the variety of them
Same, my garden is like 50% kale right now 😂
You can never have enough kale Lauren! :-)
@@GrowVeg i wish I had space 😪, I use to do alot before now I can because I am in a new space with no land to do so ,I will try to do some pot in the coming weeks ,very sad because I love to plant so much
I grow dwarf curly kale here in Spain. It grows so well but needs to be a cool (hahaha) season crop. I'm still harvesting well from about 15 plants. Delish!
I grew a marvelous and beautiful Kale last summer, which in August seemed to turn into a Caligula menace ~ huge and enjoyed tripping me as I tried to walk past it. I love them! And thank you for this marvelous video, so informative, and your garden is gorgeous after all your renovation and I love the seat/arbor.
Thanks so much. Sounds like your kale is quite the beast!
best page on RUclips - have learnt so much, thank you!
I really enjoy your content! They're are comprehensive to garden newbies, well edited, and honestly so fun watch! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
You've very welcome Mandy - thank you for watching.
This video was uploaded in perfect time. I'm about to sow my kale seeds indoors now. Thanks for the video.
That's great to hear - have fun growing it. :-)
I had just bought kale seeds a few weeks ago. I didn't have any plants to keep during the winter months, which really bummed me out. Looking forward to trying to grow some myself soon
Great info! I love kale! Here in the southern U.S., we get so many bugs. They thrive in the heat and humidity. I plant kale in the fall, pick from it over winter, and harvest it all in spring. It's replaced in the garden with chard, malabar spinach, and sweet potato greens.
What a spectacular succession of delicious greens!
Howdy Ben!🖐 Oh, how I love me some kale...all of them! 😃 I have several spring dino and dwarf blue curly kale seedlings almost ready to plant out in their beds. I share kale with several other folks who love it. I like to put kale in quiche, stews and soups too. And every now and then I make kale chips with the dino kale.🙂 I find it stores well in the freezer to use in dishes in the wintertime...if my kale plants get knocked out by ice.
Another great video, Ben! Your garden looks great! I am looking forward to the next one...putting in the new bed.🙂 Give Miss Rosie a pat for me! Have a great week gardening!👩🏾🌾
Your joy and enthusiasm make gardening so appealing to your audience. I'm subscribed and wait with bated breath for future instalments. Much love from Ontario Canada!
That's so kind of you to say Mark. Thanks so much for watching. Looking forward to filming the next video tomorrow. :-)
We have a batch of nero di toscana germinated and will refer to this incredible video as they grow 👍🏼
Hi, Ben and thank you very much for posting the video with not only your knowledge but also your experience mainly , good suggestions you conveyed , thanks
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching. :-)
This was so good! Thank you
Love kale, love your channel so much, I wish your videos were longer, your energy is just so good to watch
Thank you Kay. It's great to know you'd be happy with longer videos - we're trying to go a bit more down that road.
I love your videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious!!
Cheers Andy!
Great video, thank you. We had a big pile of cavelo nero on our plates this evening, picked from the garden half an hour before dinner! My favourite too. :-) This lot was from those planted in containers around 14 inches square. It's the first year Ive tried container growing it and it was very successful. Particularly easy to cover with mesh too.
It's such a versatile veggie for sure. I bet your dinner was delicious!
I love your enthusiasm ! I love cavolo Nero, it is so versatile. Mine from last spring has just started going to seed so I cut the tops off and we ate them like tiny tender sprouting broccoli shoots, they were delicious!
What a great idea - I bet they really were yummy!
@@GrowVeg gorgeous!
Brilliant video... You are always informative, enthusiastic and inspiring.Thank you!
Thanks so much Arijit. :-)
Ben I just recently picked up your book at my local library in South Carolina. It's one of the best books on gardening I've ever had the pleasure of reading. You did such an amazing job with the way the pictures are laid out and the way you presented the information, very concise. As I'm reading it, I can hear your cheerful knowledgeable voice in my head ☺️ It's the perfect book for new and old gardeners, I learned so much, I highly recommend it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Oh wow - that's quite an endorsement. Thank you so much! I'm delighted you're enjoying it. :-)
I've had zero pests on my kale all winter, but will be on the lookout now that spring is springing!
Keep an eye out!
thanks for the tips,… still watching from Kentucky,.. The USA 🇺🇸
Cheers Kelly - great to have you watching. :-)
The third video I’ve watched tonight. Amazing content and very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks so much! :-)
I love kale and I grow lot’s of Chinese kale 👍
Cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ video hữu ích cho người yêu thích làm vườn .
Không có gì.
Morning cheers my friend 🙃❤🌱☕
Cheers to you too Candi. :-)
The only green I like cooked. But love it in my salads all summer. Just bought my kale seeds, so I will get them started. I sow it in spring and again in summer.
Great stuff Tonie. I love it salads too.
you've inspired me to give kale a go, thanks.
Great to hear Donna!
Love love your videos.. you break things down in such a clear simple way. Thank you. My kale from seeds outside got attacked by caterpillars so I’m going to try your tips to start indoors and hope for a fall/winter season
Hope you manage to dodge the caterpillars this time. :-)
I think this year I will germinate my brassicas under large Tupperware bins in the raised vegetable beds. That seemed to be an excellent slug-proof method that worked for me a few years ago. I especially like the Dinosaur kale as well. Thanks for sharing Ben.
Dinosaur kale is the best of the best I reckon!
Nero kale is lovely. And I like 'curly scarlet' too.. It steams dark and tender.. (Don't over do it) The lighter green varieties can feel a bit spikey!
Great video, keep it up!
Just bought and sown cavolo and also come collard greens.. which are also great and last forever..well almost
They are both awesome Claire!
The song of pigeons and a great looking garden
Thank you 😊
great video thanks
Must try the red Russian and cavalo Nero this season for next winter . I love my Taunton Dean so will probably enjoy those other ones too. Must find a nice recipe for a green smoothie.
I just add a fistful of greens in with whatever fruit I have (to include a banana) and a tablespoon of mixed seeds.
I am finishing harvesting my kale and I'm so happy how much I got from 4 plants. watching this video clarified that I was indeed doing it right as a novice veg grower. so now whenever I need info or know how, I always check on your videos. thank you
That's really lovely to hear. So pleased you've got plenty from your kale. :-)
Look forward to the new bed next video😀thanks, jinxy
Cheers Jinxy. Filming this tomorrow. :-)
We had a mass of whitefly last year, I learnt that grated Castile soap, 1 tablespoon dissolved in 1 quart of water and sprayed under the leaves early morning or evening when cooler massively reduced them. Took a while to find the soap but some supermarkets stock it in un-perfumed section.
What a great tip - thanks for sharing that Steve.
I just finished sowing kale. Cavalo Nero!👍
Brill!
I love kale, especially dinosaur and scarlet kale. Bacillus thuringiensis is an excellent thing to use if you get cabbage moth caterpillars. I use diatomaceous earth when flea beetles attack. And I kill aphids with organic soft soap dilluted in water, with a shot of ethanol added. All work really well and best of all, they're all organic methods.
Great organic methods, thanks for sharing.
@@GrowVeg You're so welcome! :)
Lovely informative video again - thanks Ben. I love Kale and grow Toscana type. However, I bought a couple of perennial kale cuttings off eBay about two months ago and they are now about 30cm tall and cant wait to try them. To solve my butterfly problem I have just bought a second hand poly tunnel which I have put on my plot purely for brassicas and I am going to cover it with butterfly netting. It fits perfectly and I can move it three times to give me a three year crop rotation. Just got to find the money for the netting now 😬🙂
I've also started off perennial kale. It's growing strong now - can't wait to plant it and try it.
Nero kale is my best kale as well
Hi Ben, I grew the Curly Kale last season for the first time and it was delicious, the only problem I had white fly so, bought some micromesh to cover to see if it helps this season. I hadn't realised I could have left he plants in through the Winter great video with lots of advice. Thanks for sharing and taking care 🙂
I hope this season's kale is pest free Christine.
@@GrowVeg can we grow this Kale vegetable in April or extreme Summer of 40 degrees Celsius in our home garden or not.?? I'm from south Asia where temperature in Summers is very high
I'm doing a juice diet and it seems like I am constantly buying dinosaur kale. I have a good yard in Oregon to grow it and the weather is just starting to stay above freezing so I think now is a good time to start some seeds indoors. Thanks for this very informative video.
You can never have enough kale - I have it in most of my smoothies.
I always like your enthusiasm. I encourage sparrows with feeding over winter and nestboxes. - they and the wasps seem to eat the caterpillars and many of the pests. If I find any, I put them in their food bowl.
That sounds like a superb nature-friendly approach.
Kale crisps. Toss in 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, salt and garlic granules, 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder. 10 minutes in oven 180 degrees c. Delicious. Also works with tree cabbage.
Thank you for the recipe. I'll be trying it out with my tree cabbage 😋
Sounds incredibly tasty!
well done video! I watch for the enthusiasm and cheerfulness you effuse... gives me that boost I need to try new things ...like ...kale, maybe :-)
Haha - great stuff Elizabeth!
Just did my kale today Ethiopian kale and Winter Blend I will do Cavel Nero later for a winter crop. 🙏🇺🇦☮️🌻
Great start there Ali. Love your sign off. Praying for peace too.
Oh Ben, you would not believe the quantity of kale I grow every year. I have a giant tortoise, & Kale is a massive part of his diet.
Last year I counted 145 Kale plants‼️🙈 which was ridiculous even for me 😂 I gave about 50 away & planted the rest, which has kept us going right up to today!
Unfortunately due to one of the many storms we’ve had here in Scotland, a big spruce tree fell over & landed smack into my huge brassica cage 😩 and today we finally got around to removing it. Needless to say, the cage is caput, but miraculously the Kale underneath survived 😂
Love your videos & your articles in Kitchen garden mag......keep them coming 😁
Thanks Lynn, appreciate that. Hope you manage to replace the cage without too much cost or hassle.
@@GrowVeg thank you 🙏
Great salad idea with kale : Chopped leaves with chopped cucumber clove of garlic chopped mix together with a grating of Parmesan and drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil... really delicious and great health benefits.
Sounds awesome!
Ive just sowed some red kale seeds, i hope im not too late!! August 6th.
I think you should be fine, especially if we get a bit or warmth over the next few weeks (fingers crossed!).
In my country only have summer and rainy season so not difficult to grow kale, but mouse everywhere so put the planter bags in high position,,
Great video! Why don't you eat those pigeons and then they won't eat your kale. :) Pigeon stew with kale! haha. I hope you laugh. Cheers!
Not a bad idea!
I find encouraging wasps takes care of flea beetle and caterpillars 🐛
Kale chips are also delicious!
They really are! :-)
I will be planting kale this year so a timely viewing! As well as in a veg bed l want to use it as a folige plant ariund a garden seating area with Fatsias, palms and bamboos - hopefully throw the pigeons off the scent.
That's a really smart idea - hope it works.
Rewatching this. So much makes more sense after my first season of growing. Onward! Love kale!
Thank you so much for this info! My lacinato kale that was started and planted out very early spring has held up to some hard hits! Took the bug netting off for a bit (big mistake). Now it’s too tall for any hoops that I have. It is getting full sun now that the garlic is gone. I’m thinking it would come down to preference, but I’m wondering if I should keep it growing through August and on, or start more plants for fall and into winter.
Do you think the amount of harvest would be better one way over the other? 🤷🏼♀️
When space is an issue I drive myself a little nutty contemplating.
You could start some more kale now, as an insurance policy. I've just done that, with a view to planting them next month. As for your existing kale, they may get damaged by caterpillars if you can't cover them. You may like to see how you get on - if they don't get eaten alive they should then carry on into winter, with a good frost killing off any remaining pests. But I would sow more now, just to be on the safe side.
Never grown it before,bit I have been getting the 'grow your own' magazine which comes with seeds and it came with some. So we are going to try to grow it this autumn....it's curly kale so will see what happens. I have it in plug trays ATM and will pot on into 9cm pots so it can stay on my greenhouse shelving set,we have the door kept open coz of the heat we have,but that also helps with getting it used to being outside,less hardening off to do.asbits getting wind,sun and even rain,which we had last night,has blown in and let things moist.
Waiting for all this heat to die back a bit,as everything I have plantes so far has bulted due to the heat and lack of water. I plan to add some manure to the grow bags before replanting in 3-4 weeks. Give it chance to break down a little and start to help the compost hold more water.
Sounds like you're doing all the right things Cheryl. I hope the kale thrives for you.
Living on the coast in Britains most southerly point we get a lot of salt mists. I’m growing a heritage Hebridean Kale with purple leaves. (It originated in the 17th Century where it was a staple green in the northerly islands) It has survived the salt here but the 70 mph winds we’ve had this year has battered them a little. It tastes great btw.
Hi Andrew. That's a good choice for your location, hopefully it'll recover from the battering.
Love itt
The only way I can eat kale is in soup, but it's delicious there! I blanche and freeze it, then throw it in my winter soups. I suspect the freezing makes it tender, and the blanching removes the "green" taste that I'm so adverse to. I tried growing kale last year but the caterpillars got it. Maybe I'll try the purple kale this year.
Any way of getting those greens into you is great Marie.
Put some kale seeds in the ground today. I am expanding my garden. Its early spring here, hope when summer heat comes it will not kill my kale. Mulched it. I hope I wont over-water it. Only pests I face is aphids, but birds have been kind enough to devour them once they become aware of their presence. The birds don't eat the leaves though.
The birds can be pesky. Hope you get some lovely kale to harvest.
Growing kale for my bearded dragon this year.
Hi Ben,
I did kale for the first time and yes, it did grow.
But, we have a wild pheasant comming in the garden and he likes kale too .. so I still dont know how the Toscan black is. Oh well, I will just try again and cover it this time.
Take care 🙂 I hope everybody will have a great start into the new garden year. 🌻
We have the same issue Marie - pheasants lurking around, though I've noticed they are no long here. I wonder if they now have more to eat elsewhere, so our kale will get some respite.
Great video. I grew some Kale last Summer in my first ever growing season which I am enjoying now 😊. Where did you get your metal arches from Ben?
That's great to hear Liz - good job! My arches are from Agrs: www.agrs.co.uk/products/elegance-round-arch?_pos=3&_sid=ee21ab723&_ss=r
Hello, even without adding compost every year your soil is really fine and crumbly how did you manage to get it like that? Great site informative kind regards Gwen
Hi Gwen. I do add compost every year to help replace nutrients and keep soil structure nice and crumbly.
I Just recently covered my new garden with cardboard and straw, I'm having compost delivered, since the grass underneath hasn't had time to breakdown, should I just put my 12in raised beds on top of the straw, or pull back the straw and put the compost on the cardboard?
Yes, you can just pop the beds straight on top of the straw and then fill with cardboard. The straw will get weighed down by the compost and will rot down with time. Of course, if you want to save some of that straw, then you can of course clear it away to use later on. Either way is fine.
Hi! Do the leaves grow back on the stems. I grew black magic tuscan kale that are a metre high and just have leaves at the top now. Was wondering if best to uproot them for compost or continue growing thanks again
They will continue to grow until it’s time to flower in late spring, so keep on picking the leaves for now. 😀
All hail kale!
Absolutely!
Tried kale last year but the wood pigeons in our garden saw them as an all-you-can-eat buffet 🤦♀️ so they have survived but never really got started. Going to try again this year with a mesh covering!
Try tulle. It works well.
What do you suggest underplanting in the spaces between kale plants? I sowed seeds & transplanted last year far too late & am left with plants looking healthy enough, but now at only 4/5 inch maximum height in early March - how are they likely to develop? They are close to garlic.
You could try interplanting with something fast growing - lettuce, radishes, salad onions, for example. Something that will grow quickly and be out of the ground before the kale needs the extra space as it reaches maturity.
Fun to grow. Tastes like grass.
Yeah, fun because it does grow, no fuss. I just read an article that says it collects metal from the soil and is 'poison'.
I'm not sure about that Brendan. It's a great source of iron though, so I guess draws that up efficiently.
Hi Ben, I think I asked before but I can't not find my comment from last season. What kind of kale is it that you grow, the big leafy type. Thank you for all your help and videos!
The only kale I grow here is the Cavolo Nero kale, also called Black Tuscan.
Hi Can you grow in containers - if so which variety would you use? .....Thank you
I have seen kale growing in containers, including the 'Cavolo Nero' type which I love.
try frying some of that cavolo nero in butter and trowing it in a nice pasta dish, it is a great way to add a bit of crunch
Hmmm... great idea!
Ha, I had a little kale plant that got killed off, but it was growing back until today. I noticed something ate it almost all up. Didn't think of birds.
Hi can you tell me where you purchased your premade wooden beds (4x4), and also where can I purchase your arbors that I see in those beds, Thanks for taking the time to reply, I'M ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW. THANK YOU.
Hi Sharon. The premade beds are just pallet collars. These are widely available. I sourced mine on Facebook Marketplace, but you could also just search locally on Gumtree, Craigslist, Ebay etc. The arches are from Agrs: www.agrs.co.uk/products/elegance-round-arch
I am new to veg growing and have just sown my kale seeds directly into a container. Will this be OK still? I suppose I can wait for them to start seeding and transfer to another area - hopefully
Yes, that would be fine. As you say, you can always carefully dig them up to transfer to other areas.