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lacinato kale Lacinato Kale planting

grown by lordscarlet in Raised Bed 2 · Washington, DC

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Done
  1. Sown 2015-04-19
  2. First harvest 2015-06-14 expected
  3. Last harvest 2015-10-27 expected
  4. Finished 2015-12-17 expected

Harvest months

Spring
March
April, usually harvesting
May
Summer
June, usually harvesting
July, usually harvesting
August, usually harvesting
Autumn
September, usually harvesting
October
November
Winter
December
January, usually harvesting
February, usually harvesting

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

over 11 years ago 2015-04-19

Progress

Done Finished

Degree days

16,130 of about 690 needed

Quantity

3 seeds

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Washington, DC New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–22°
Daily rainfall
Rain
1,117 mm
Hottest day
39.9°C
Coldest night
-14.6°C
Soil temperature
14.6°C
Days in its best range
72 of 361
Days
361

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.

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    Planted

No frost reached this lacinato kale planting

Frost was possible until 21 Apr. We have no night temperatures for this lacinato kale planting. The lacinato kale planting went in on 19 Apr, 10 days after the usual last frost (9 Apr).

This lacinato kale planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
56 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 21 Apr
Usual last frost
9 Apr
planted 10 days after 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)

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Crop

Photo of lacinato kale

Lacinato Kale

Brassica oleracea Acephala group

a variety of Kale

  • 15 plantings
  • 20 harvests
  • An annual, living about 242 days
  • First harvest about 58 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 191 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other lacinato kale plantings at the same latitude.