Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) seeds
- Contents: Approx. 10 seeds
- Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly
Regular price:
€3.19
Product number: CRA01 GTIN: 4250601201849
Description
The wildly growing sea kale is a real gourmet vegetable. It has large, fleshy, slightly blue kale leaves and plenty of white blossoms. The seeds are contained in spherical pods. There's one seed in each pod. You can continually pick leaves or bleach the young sprouts by covering them in spring.
In the Middle Ages, the tender leave stalks comparable to broccoli used to be steamed and eaten. Along the coast of England, where it could often be found above the tidemark on pebble beaches, the natives traditionally piled pebbles around the plant's sprouts and, in this way, bleached them. Like this, it has established in Great Britain throughout the 18th century as a native vegetable. The sprouts are served like asparagus: Steamed, either with sauce hollandaise or simply with molten butter.
Today, sea kale is sometimes grown as a decorative plant. The plant also occurs wildly on wash margins of the Baltic sea but has become very rare in Germany.
In the Middle Ages, the tender leave stalks comparable to broccoli used to be steamed and eaten. Along the coast of England, where it could often be found above the tidemark on pebble beaches, the natives traditionally piled pebbles around the plant's sprouts and, in this way, bleached them. Like this, it has established in Great Britain throughout the 18th century as a native vegetable. The sprouts are served like asparagus: Steamed, either with sauce hollandaise or simply with molten butter.
Today, sea kale is sometimes grown as a decorative plant. The plant also occurs wildly on wash margins of the Baltic sea but has become very rare in Germany.
Plant profile
| Use | Ornamental plant, Vegetable |
|---|---|
| Lifecycle | Perennial |
| Species | Brassicaceae |
| Characteristics | Needs cold to germinate |
| Eventual height | 40-80 cm |
| Flower colour | White |
| Flowering months | July, June, May |
| Main harvest | April, June, May |
| Root system | Runners |
Growing instructions
| When to sow outdoors | December, November, October |
|---|---|
| Sowing depth | 1 cm |
| Germination temperature | 10-18°C |
| Germination time | 2-6 weeks |
| Soil type | Fresh |
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Planting distance | 40 cm |
| Row spacing | 80 cm |
Sowing and care
A perennial shrub that grows up to 1m high. In mild locations hardy, otherwise, hibernate protected.
Loves lots of sun. The lushly growing plants need a distance of approx. 80cm.
Sowing: Preculture. Crack the seed pods open and sow the dark seeds. Germinates at approx. 10-20°C in 7-14 days. In the first weeks, prevent waterlogging. Plant outdoors in May.
As sea kale grows on the coast in nature, it can be fertilized with a little bit of table salt from time to time.
Loves lots of sun. The lushly growing plants need a distance of approx. 80cm.
Sowing: Preculture. Crack the seed pods open and sow the dark seeds. Germinates at approx. 10-20°C in 7-14 days. In the first weeks, prevent waterlogging. Plant outdoors in May.
As sea kale grows on the coast in nature, it can be fertilized with a little bit of table salt from time to time.
Other names
Botanical name: Crambe maritima, Cakile pontica, Cochlearia maritima, Crucifera maritima
German: Küstenkohl, Meerkohl, Seekohl, Strandkohl
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Meerkohl
2016. Das Aufknacken der Samen, ohne den Samen zu beschädigen ist fast unmöglich. Gibt es da einen Trick?? War sehr nervig. Hab 12 gesät und keiner ist gekeimt.
