Black Kale 'Cavolo Nero'
Gourmet kale with deep, dark leaves
Grown by Josh
South Downs National Park
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The highlights
- Curled, dark green leaves with a hint of purple - Cavolo nero is packed with flavour
- Quick growing - start picking in just 5-7 weeks
- Perfect for salads, stir fries, sauces and smoothies
- Plant in pots, borders or raised beds
Description
- Deepest green, tinged with purple and curled - this Italian variety has to be the chef's kiss of kale
- Packed with vitamins A, C and K, kale is perfect for curry, salad, pasta dishes, kale crisps, supergreen smoothies and juices
- Grow in pots, raised beds, allotments and borders
- Pick leaves as and when you need them for the freshest kale
- Plant out after the last frost and harvest from September to March
- Premium heirloom plants grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
- Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop and less waste too
- Easy to grow and care for - you should see your first crop within 5-7 weeks
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How To Grow
Good pest and disease resistance
Kale can be affected by pigeons, butterflies, mice or caterpillars. The best defence against all of these is covering your plants in a fine mesh or horticultural fleece, or planting alongside onions and garlic to deter them. You can also use a brassica collar to keep off cabbage whitefly.
Water well
Keep the soil consistently moist rather than allowing it to dry out. During dry spells, water well, once or twice a week.
Full sun
Plant in a sunny spot where the plants will receive 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.
Any fertile, well-draining soil
Thrives in any well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy and/or often becomes waterlogged then you can improve the drainage by adding in plenty of organic matter such as garden compost as well as some perlite or gravel.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet Josh
Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs
Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.
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Our plants are grown in the UK
Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
Our plants are delivered overnight
Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
We're here to help at every step
We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team of experts.
Perfect plants, guaranteed
We’re confident that you’ll be delighted with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re perfectly happy.
Allotment in a Box
Planting brassicas
Join Kathy Slack on her veg patch as she demonstrates the best way to grow your new brassica plants with her expert tips.
Allotment in a Box
Harvesting kale
We return to the veg patch with Kathy Slack to hear her tips on growing and harvesting kale.
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When will I get my plants?
The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.
How will my plants be packed and delivered?
We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.
Where do you deliver?
We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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