#fizzkale

[plantgoodseed]

who remembers fizz kale? we sure do. this was one of the first varieties we offered in the seed catalog and it’s been out of circulation for many years, and in need of improvement. this is a british variety primarily used as a baby green / micro green stir fry kale, and it has clearly been neglected on a plant breeding front. a great number of the plants are prone to early bolting/flowering, which kinda makes sense as it’s primarily harvested well before the leaves are large. @plantmarks and i spent some time at Rancho del Pueblo/Farmer and the Cook where we are producing this crop for seed for the first time in over 10 years! The primary goal of this seed production is culling out those early flowering plants so they don’t reproduce in the final genetic pool. We also did some mid season fertilization to facilitate the remaining crop having the best chance of going to seed. 🤞 this one will be back in the catalog come Fall/early Winter next year. #plantbreeding #openpollinated #kale #fizzkale https://www.instagram.com/p/CovhIjdvoUD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=