Lacinato Kale planting

grown by Johann7 in Seedling Trays · Shorewood, WI

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Done

Sown 2026-02-19
First harvest 2026-06-25 expected
Last harvest 2026-08-29 expected
Finished 2026-10-19 expected

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

9 months ago 2026-02-19

Progress

Done Finished

Degree days

2,410 of about 690 needed

Quantity

3 seeds

Grown in

full sun

Rating

3 of 5

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Shorewood, WI New

Daily high and low

Too hot and too cold for lacinato kale so farFrom Feb 19 to Oct 19, 69 of 243 days had a high inside the best range of 15–22°C. The low reached the killing temperature of 0°C on 36 days. The highs were below the best range on 56 days and above the best range on 118 days. The weather was too hot on 22 days (highs above 30°C) and too cold on 75 days (lows below 7°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–22°

Daily rainfall

Rain: 787 mm
Hottest day: 38.6°C
Coldest night: -14.3°C
Soil temperature: 16.1°C
Days in its best range: 82 of 265
Days: 265

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

Started 3 blue lacinato kale seedling pots; 2x seeds per paper pot, thin to one; old from Territorial; 60F, grow lights supplementing sunlight for 16hrs light

Photos

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by Johann7 2026-02-25 0

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

2026-02-19 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost may have reached this lacinato kale planting

49 nights while frost was possible were at or below 2 °C. The coldest was -14.3 °C.

This lacinato kale planting against the frost season

Frost danger

24 Oct – 2 May

24 Oct →

This planting

Finished 19 Oct

Planted 72 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting, finished

Coldest night

-14.3 °C

16.3 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line

Frost danger it grew through

92 days

from planting to the latest it has come, 13 May

Usual last frost

2 May

planted 72 days before it

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)