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AMARA ETHIOPIAN KALE

AMARA ETHIOPIAN KALE

Brassica carinata 40 days. We fell for this unusual leafy green immediately after the first bite. The hearty leaves have a very complex flavor with overtones of spice and garlic. Great for picking at the baby size in under 3 weeks, or waiting for fully grown leaves. Amara makes a delicious salad mix, standalone raw or lightly cooked. An extra cold-tolerant crop. Approximately 300 seeds per gram.

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Dj
Hot!!

This is tasty but beware of eating it raw. It will burn your mouth! I let this go to seed and it self sows readily.

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Ida
Delicious garlicky flavor!

This is such an interesting green. It does indeed have a very complex flavor, kind of garlicky and nutty. I love it and will definitely be growing it again. Excellent germination with these seeds.

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Foster
worth a try

always looking to try growing a different green., Taste was full-ish, sort of a nutty, garlic taste. Nice. Germinated and grew well. i ate them as baby greens and didn't try letting it go to full size., not sure it is a must have, but nice for something different.

Soil Temp for Germ 40–75°F
Seed Depth ¼"
Seed Spacing 1"
Days to Emergence 2–15
Thin Plants to 6–18"
Row Spacing 9–18"
Fertilizer Needs Medium
Minimum Germination 80%
Seeds per Gram 450
Seed Life 3 years

Days to maturity are calculated from date of direct seeding.

Culture
• Mustard greens are easy crops to grow if planted in early spring or late summer
• Mustards are best directly sown

Direct Sowing
• Make a furrow 6 inches deep and sprinkle 1/2 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer per 10 row feet in the bottom of the furrow
• Backfill the furrow and plant the seed
• Thin after second set of true leaves
• Sow July—August for a fall crop

Transplanting
• Start indoors 3-5 weeks before anticipated transplant
• Put out after the danger of hard frost, and use 1/4 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer around each plant
• For a fall crop: start July—August for transplanting August—September

Insects & Diseases
• Common insects: Flea beetles
• Insect control: Pyrethrin, silver mulch, or row covers at planting
• Disease prevention: 5-7 year crop rotation

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