Kale from Suttons
by Diane - November 23rd, 2014.Filed under: Suttons Seeds.
A great selection of kales available.
To harvest: Pick leaves, wash and soak briefly in water with a little salt added. Rinse again and they’re ready to cook.
Cooking suggestions: lightly steam and throw on a little butter and black pepper.
Smaller leaves can be used raw in salad. Dehydrate leaves to create kale crisps which are utterly delicious.
Kale Plants – Continuity Collection £6.99
A selection of three different kales (Red Russian, Nero di Toscana and Green Curled Afro) to provide you with delicious, highly nutritious leafy pickings from late autumn through to early winter. The plants are extremely reliable and will withstand the most adverse weather conditions. Collection contains 21 plants (7 of each variety).You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!
Kale Plants – Reflex F1 £6.99
A full flavourerd modern, high yielding variety. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Harvest May-December.
Kale Seeds – Black Magic £2.99
A new variety of the Italian black cabbage, bred to perform better in our climate, with improved cold tolerance, colour, leaf shape and bolt resistance than current Italian varieties. Also ideal as a cut-and-come-again crop, picking leaves over a long period as required.
Kale Seeds – Black Magic £2.99
A variety of the Italian black cabbage, bred to perform better in our climate, with improved cold tolerance, colour, leaf shape and bolt resistance than current Italian varieties. Good cut-and-come again crop.
Kale Seeds – Dwarf Green Curled £1.55
Dark green, densely curled leaves. The plants are dwarf growing and compact in habit. Very winter hardy.
Kale Seeds – Fizz £2.99
The result of British breeding in new brassica leaf shapes and textures, Fizz is a fast growing, upright, deeply lobed variety. Ideal for salad leaves, or, if grown at wider spacings, will be more productive with larger leaves that can be used for cooking. Mature plants are very winter hardy.
Kale Seeds – Mix £2.99
A selection of different kales, tried and tested in the UK climate, offering a wide culinary use. The major benefit to gardeners is providing delicious, highly nutritious greens when the weather is far too cold for other vegetables. Varieties in mix: Fizz, Dwarf Green Curled, Black Magic.
Kale Seeds – Scarlet £1.55
Try these deeply curled, crimson/purple leaves in salads, cooked or as an ingredient in soups. The colour, flavour and texture is outstanding! Recommended for freezing.