A beautiful, ruffled green kale with purple stems that looks and cooks like an oleraceae curly kale but has all the grower benefits of a napus kale. Bred by Megan Allen at Care of the Earth Community Farm from a selection of “Gulag Stars,” a mix of napus kales that have been crossed with B.rapa that were selected and released by Adaptive Seeds. Mira Red-Stem is very uniform and makes beautiful bunches. For harvesting all winter, row cover is recommended. Flavor is similar to “Meadowlark” (an oleraceae kale). Mira Red-Stem does not become overly sweet in cold weather. 55 days. Photo courtesy of Common Wealth Seed Growers.
Care: Plant 20-30″ apart in rows 24-36″ apart in full sun, cool moist soil.
Continuous Harvest variety
Cold-tolerant plants that stand in the field for harvest as needed in late fall and early winter. May overwinter in mild seasons, or die back and sprout from the root in spring for an extra-early crop. See our Fall & Winter Vegetable Guide for specific planting/harvest times & freeze-out temperatures.
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