Some pics of the perennial kale landrace I'm developing. Original seed came from Chris Homanics which I crossed with Daubenton for further bushy growth habit. There's probably also some other kale genetics in there by now. Have been growing it for 5-6 years or so at 4 different sites. This one is at the school. I love to go looking for new colors, shapes or particularly healthy individuals, esp. ability to survive the winters, slugs, birds and caterpillars. My goal is to adapt this landrace to my conditions and the tastes of local chefs. These are doing pretty well in February! #PerennialVegetables #PerennialKale #PlantBreeding #LandraceGardening #AdaptiveGardening #BrassicaOleracea
@malterod Do you sell seeds for these or keep them to yourself so far?
@[email protected] Yes I sell seed through @[email protected] and also exchange them internationally via goingtoseed.org and locally via #Frøsamlerne
Åh, vil meget gerne komme forbi planteskolen, det her forår og handle og sludre! Ingen fast åbningsdage?
@[email protected] Nej kun afhentning efter aftale. Men hvis det passer med en dag jeg er der, sludrer jeg gerne. Ellers er det Maria der stiller frem.
@malterod how can I get involved? What zone are you growing for?
@[email protected] You can join the community Going to Seed - several of us are growing perennial kale and exchanging seed. I'm in zone 7-9 in Denmark, there are others both in EU and US. https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/perennial-kale/2706
Perennial kale

One of my favorite perennial vegetables are perennial kales. I’ve grown some named varieties for some years, esp. an old French variety ‘Daubenton’ which is very bushy (many side-shots), tends to root where the side-shoots fall and thus clones itself. The variety rarely flowers, which stresses the plant less. The primary way this has died for me has been in winter frosts at our cold and wet nursery site (zone 7). In the city (almost two climate zones higher, zone 9, and much more well-draining)...

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@malterod I’m interested i trying Crambe maritima this year on sandier soil. It is known to be perenial and tolerant to Swedish winters.
@[email protected] Great, are you in Sweden? We have a few of us in the Nordic countries
@malterod yes! I'm preparing the soil now as the snow is melting away this weekend.
@[email protected] Where are you in Sweden? If you're interested in adaptive gardening we have a colleague in Umeå growing great seed
@malterod I’m in Värmland, any seeds from Umeå would grow down here as well.
@malterod where can I read about the results up in Umeå?