For the past three years I have grown Redbor kale and a green curly kale and have always picked as I pick my lettuce – from the bottom up. I pick like this through autumn and winter and in spring I harvest new small leaves for salads from anywhere on the plant . I also take the flowering shoots before they turn yellow and flower.
Just recently I read that you should pick from the top of the plant in autumn thereby encouraging more side shoots to grow. Really? Can someone advise if this is a better way of going about things?
I’ve also been given two cuttings of Taunton Deane kale this week and if someone can tell me just where in my small plot I can squeeze them in I would be most grateful! Seriously though, I would like to know how much room to allow them if I manage to find somewhere.