Easy to grow in your garden, Kale 'Scarlet' offers your two crops in one – young leaves for salad and mature winter greens! 'Scarlet' plants produce highly decorative, dark green leaves with red veins, which grow more colourful as colder weather approaches.Companion planting: try growing kale with Nasturtiums to draw cabbage white butterflies away from your crop, and mint to help deter flea beetles.For salad leaves Kale can be sown indoors all year round. Harvest 30 days from sowing during summer and up to 60 days during winter months. For mature plants, sow Kale seed from March to June. Direct sow outdoors into a well-prepared seedbed, for transplanting to their final positions later on. Sow at a depth of 1cm (1/2") and distance of 23cm (9") between rows. Kale plants can be transplanted to their final positions approximately 5 weeks from sowing. Grow kale in firm, rich fertile, well-drained soil in sun or semi shade. Prepare the soil in early spring by adding plenty of well-rotted farmyard manure to the soil to improve its structure and fertility. Apply lime to acid soils to reduce the acidity and lessen the risk of clubroot. When transplanting kale, plant it slightly deeper in the ground than it was in the seedbed. Plant kale at a distance of 60cm (24") apart and cover with a protective netting or fleece to prevent attack from birds and insects. Water the plants thoroughly after planting.Product specifications:Position: Full Sun, Sun or Semi-ShadeHeight: Up to 90cm when fully establishedSpread: Up to 60cm when fully establishedSupplied as 1x packet Kale 'Scarlet' (approx. 200 seeds)Harvest period: September to FebruaryDelivered with growing and care instructionsImages shown are for guidance only of the expected results from plants upon maturity. Different growing conditions might vary results. Image may be included for illustration of supply but can vary due to seasonality changes (e.g. deciduous plants lose leaves in colder months).