"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message

My curly kale has done great service for over two years, this is its
third
spring. Now it is going to seed which it hasn't done before. Most
brassicas go to seed in their first year. Why is kale different? Why
now?

My seed savers books say that curly case is biennial. Perhaps yours is
confused?

Some references speak of a biennial kale and a perennial one. The seed
packet
I have doesn't say which.

Does the packet give you a botanical name?

Curly kale is supposed to be a biennial and if that what it was called on
the packet then it should be a biennial. What seed company was it?

It looks like it was the biennial one and time is
up. Even so I am quite pleased with it. It has provided for us winter
and
summer with very litle attention.

As do all the best peasant foods :-))