Texsel Greens Kale is a leafy powerhouse that's rapidly earning its reputation as the 'Queen of Greens' among home gardeners and nutritionists alike. This Brassica oleracea cultivar produces tender, harvestable leaves that pack an extraordinary nutritional punch, delivering 684% of your daily vitamin K in just one cup along with substantial doses of vitamins A and C. Growing upright in full sun with consistent moisture, this variety thrives in cool-season gardens and actually improves in flavor after frost arrives, making it a plant that rewards patient gardeners with sweeter, more complex greens as temperatures drop.
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One cup of Texsel Greens Kale contains a mere 36 calories yet delivers zero grams of fat and exceptional amounts of carotenoids and flavonoids, those powerful antioxidants that protect cells from free radicals. The real distinction lies in the harvesting approach: you pick leaves from the bottom up at any size, with baby leaves offering the advantage of encouraging more harvests throughout the season. Cool weather and frost bring out its best flavor, and the plant remains productive until temperatures plunge to around 20°F, giving northern gardeners an unusually long productive window.
Texsel Greens Kale is grown primarily for its highly nutritious leaves, which are harvested fresh for raw consumption in salads and smoothies or cooked in soups, braises, and sautés. The ability to harvest individual leaves from the bottom of the plant while it continues growing makes it particularly suited to cooks who want a continuous supply of fresh greens rather than harvesting an entire head at once.
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Begin harvesting Texsel Greens Kale leaves from the bottom of the plant and work your way upward, picking leaves at any size you prefer. For the greatest number of harvests, collect leaves at the 'baby' stage when they're young and tender. Never remove more than one-third of the leaves during any single harvest, and always leave the terminal bud (the central growing point at the top) intact to keep the plant producing throughout the season. Harvest before hot, dry weather arrives, as cool conditions and even frost actually bring out the best flavor. Your plants will continue to produce until temperatures reach approximately 20°F, so in mild climates you can enjoy kale well into winter.
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