kale

[bower]

That tuscan kale is delicious. Not only you can cut the leaves and come again, but we left a couple in the ground last fall, and they survived the winter. They produced an early crop of still tender and delicious leaves, and then went to seed and produced a shrub-sized monster covered in little "moccoli". Lovely tender buds.

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by Mark0820

I direct seeded some Tuscan Kale at the Community garden yesterday. It is my first time growing kale. Since I have never grown kale before, this might be a dumb question. Once I harvest the leaves to eat, do new leaves regrow on the plant?

Yes! When you pick a leaf, you will see tiny new leaves (or leaf buds) between the leaf and the stem. As long as you don't inadvertently damage the new leaves, they will continue to grow. In my climate, I can keep the plants going for at least 2-3 years, though production slows down in the winter, and the leaves get smaller on older plants. I have 2 plants over a year old, and I've been picking about 70 leaves (mostly 6-8 inches long) a week from them. My plants flowered in the spring, and I kept pinching off the flowering stems.