Cesar Zap

Hi Gilbert,

We had a mild winter here in NZ which might have triggered one of my three year old D'aubenton Kale to start flowering. Do you have any requests on what to cross with it for your experiments? My Kale x Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Kale "Russian Frills" are currently in flower and they are the first crosses I have in mind. I can scout for some other plants in the neighborhood that are flowering at the same time to cross with it, I have seen some ornamental kales starting to flower in the parks.

Cheers,
Cesar Z

Hi,
I have just joined in, I have been working on finding more perennial brassicas ever since I was given seeds of D'aubenton Kale and now have three young plants (six months old). Hopefully I would be able to share when I have seeds available.

I have a friend who has Sukuma Wiki Kale and they are perennial and has been growing here in Wellington for more than ten years. I recently got seeds of this variety from a different source and will check for perenniality. My friend's Sukuma Wiki flowered but unfortunately he did not save the seeds as I advised him to. Hopefully it flowers again soon, last flowering was three years ago.