cool season crop very-hardy to frost

Kale

Timing everywhere hangs on one number: the local start of the workable season. Enter your town for exact dates where you garden.

Days to maturity
55–75 d
Frost
very-hardy
Soil temp
≥ 5 °C

How kale timing shifts by place

Southern-hemisphere places mirror the calendar — their season straddles the new year. Equatorial highlands have no frost at all, so the limiting factor becomes rainfall, not cold. See kale dates for your place →