Kale Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Brassica oleracea var. sabellica

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• How to Sow Kale Seed: Timing, Depth and Thinning
• How to Water and Feed Kale for Tender Leaves
• When and How to Harvest Kale for a Long Picking Season
• Kale Growing Calendar: What to Do Through the Season
• Kale Pests and Diseases: Aphids, Caterpillars, Flea Beetle and Clubroot
• Growing Kale in Pots: Container Size, Soil and Watering

Pests and diseases (1)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.