I'm also in southern connecticut. I grew ornamental kale and cabbage this past year and they are very small. If I overwinter them will they end up looking like their big brothers in a couple of years?
Mine are still looking good in April! They’ve shot out a pretty yellow & purple flower that is really attracting bees!?! Is this called going to seed? Can I harvest & plant the seeds?
Awesome! Yes, they often make it through the winter and produce tall stalks of flowers in the spring that bees love as an early pollen source. When they finish blooming the mother plant will perish. You can cut the stalks and hang them upside down somewhere cool and dry, basements or garages often work. This will allow the seeds to cure so that you can plant them later in the fall.
Yes, it would be too late to start these guys from seed in Zone 7b. Late August/early September would have been the best time to start them that way. At this point you should be able to find a nice selection of started plants in 4, 6 or 8 inch pots at your local garden center or nursery that can be planted now and enjoyed for most of the winter in Zone 7b.
_Do you have any information on how to take cuttings from ornamental kale?_
I'm also in southern connecticut. I grew ornamental kale and cabbage this past year and they are very small. If I overwinter them will they end up looking like their big brothers in a couple of years?
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I have planted these for years. Love them! But…the slugs love them as well. How do you recommend avoiding this ?
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I'm pretty sure they are hybrids between Kale and Cabbage. Gunna breed Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch with red Acre Cabbage and find out.
Mine are still looking good in April! They’ve shot out a pretty yellow & purple flower that is really attracting bees!?! Is this called going to seed? Can I harvest & plant the seeds?
Awesome! Yes, they often make it through the winter and produce tall stalks of flowers in the spring that bees love as an early pollen source. When they finish blooming the mother plant will perish. You can cut the stalks and hang them upside down somewhere cool and dry, basements or garages often work. This will allow the seeds to cure so that you can plant them later in the fall.
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Do they really need full sun? Because I have flower boxes that I need to get partial sun
Is it too late to grow these from seeds in late October in zone 7b?
Yes, it would be too late to start these guys from seed in Zone 7b. Late August/early September would have been the best time to start them that way. At this point you should be able to find a nice selection of started plants in 4, 6 or 8 inch pots at your local garden center or nursery that can be planted now and enjoyed for most of the winter in Zone 7b.