aphids Kale

December 28, 2010

a little spray of kitchen detergent... liquid Dove or the like mixed with some

water will kill the aphids. It's a good non toxic pesticide. Acts as a

surfactant on the creature.

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On Dec 27, 2010, at 10:00 AM, gudrun schindler wrote:

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> I tried to grow kale years ago but ended up tilling it all under because it

was positively covered with aphids. Short of dousing it with poison I didn't

know what to do and so didn't use it at all. (It was the curly type and the bugs

wouldn't satisfactorily wash off, either.)

> I'd like to try again. Any ideas as to how to avoid the aphid problem?

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> Gudrun

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> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Arlene Pepera<arlenepepera@...> wrote:

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> I live in Ohio in zone 5. We were able to keep fall planted Kale growing

through November. During the summer I harvested a lot to freeze and that's what

we're using now. I didn't bother to blanch and it is fine in smoothies and

soups. I froze in large ziplocks, and compressed them to get as much air out as

possible by squeezing down on the kale and also using a straw. Kale used to be

an occasional green in our diet, but this summer we started making smoothies and

now Kale goes into at least 1 smoothie every day and we love it. By the way it

is a very easy vegetable to grow and you can put seeds out as early as the

ground can we worked, or better yet, start a few plants inside to transplant in

early spring. We did a 2nd planting toward the end of summer. Kale loves cool

weather and the flavor seems to improve after we get a light frost, which it

survives no problem. We grow several varieties, winterbor is my favorite (curly

leaf type).

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