Green kale 'Kapitan F1' - 2500 seeds - professional seeds for everyone

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The 'Kapitan F1' kale is a medium early, vigorous variety. It spreads broadly and grows 70 centimetres tall. It develops a broad habit and the strong main stem is resistant to lodging. The frizzled leaves take on a bright green colour. This plant tolerates frost down to -15⁰C and can therefore supply us with fresh leaves in the middle of the winter. A kale rosette is a multi-purpose vegetable. It tastes great raw, e.g. in salads, smoothies, pesto sauces, with pasta, in soups, stews, with cutlets, omelettes, casseroles and scrambled eggs. As you can see, you can choose your favourite application and serving form of this exceptionally healthy vegetable. Leaves of the 'Kapitan F1' kale are rich in B vitamins, vitamin E and C. They also contain dietary fibre, proteins and numerous trace elements. Iron, calcium and potassium belong to the most important ones. Kale also contains sulphoraphane, a strong antioxidant that prevents from cancer and acts as in anti-inflammatory agent.

Kale is a member of the cabbage family. In contrary to the majority of its relatives it is an undemanding plant that will thrive in every garden with at least averagely fertile soil. This exceptionally productive vegetable will provide you with rich yield during the periods of shortage of the fresh domestic veggies. It grows best on sunny sites in fertile, humous, moderately moist soil.

Kale can be grown from seedlings and from direct sow to the ground. The seedlings should be grown from mid-May in boxes or seeding trays. The seedlings need to be pricked out into separate nursery pots at the cotyledon stage. Transplant them to the beds after six to eight weeks, 50 x 50 centimetres apart, no later than at the end of July. We recommend to eat the vegetable grown in the field, sown in mid May, like spinach. Kale processed by the winter frost turns sweeter and milder in taste.

The professional seeds that we offer here represent the highest possible quality. They meet the highest requirements thanks to the restrictive checks that they regularly undergo. These seeds stand out with excellent germination rate and seedlings' resistance to pathogens that plague the given species. The professional cultivars are characterized by an excellent taste and high productivity. The professional seeds that we offer here are adjusted to the soil and weather conditions that prevail in Central Europe, but can be successfully grown in other regions too. The carefully selected seeds are the key factor in every culture.

Each package contains 2500 professional seeds.  The growing instructions and the sow-by date can be found in the packaging information.

  • Height: 70 cm
  • Use: right after the harvest - salads, smoothies, pesto sauces, with pasta, in soups, stews, with cutlets, omelettes, casseroles and scrambled eggs
  • Growth form: broad
  • Foliage: bright green, large, frizzled
  • Site: sunny; fertile, humous, moderately moist soil
  • Quantity (if applicable): 2500

GardenSeedsMarket - has been in business for more than a decade and from the very beginning we have made the quality of our products the top priority. Throughout the years we have delivered the best quality goods to tens of thousands of customers from all over the world. Their satisfaction proves that we had chosen the right way.

All seeds we sell are subject to a multi-level quality control checks and only then are carefully packed and dispatched. Our products have been awarded numerous certificates and comply with the highest standards of the European Union. Our employees are experienced gardeners who are more than happy to answer your every question.

Where do our seeds come from?

All of the seeds sold in our shop come from the best producers from across the European Union. Thanks to a long-standing cooperation with them we were able to develop the most adequate storing and dispatch conditions, guaranteeing that you always receive fresh and carefully tested batches of seeds. Exclusion of the middlemen from the whole process not only makes it possible for us to avoid sending out-of-date seeds that might have been lying too long on a warehouse shelf, but also ensures the most attractive price for top quality products.

The quality control process

All our seeds must pass a four-stage quality control process.

Stage one begins with a careful selection of the suppliers. Than we proceed with controlling their crops, foreign producers are not excluded from the quality control process. Plants are checked at every stage of their development: when they start to grow, during blooming and when they start bearing fruit (seeds). At this stage the most important thing is to ensure proper spacing of the plants. Thanks to that obtaining the desired morphological characteristics of each particular species or variety, such as colour, height and shape, can be ensured.

Stage two consists of a detailed verification tests in laboratory conditions. With the use of the highest quality equipment by the highly qualified staff, our suppliers perform more than 30 000 quality checks annually. The seeds that do not meet our requirements are subject to technological refining processes, including drying, cleaning, upgrading and testing again.

Stage three starts with sowing seeds in selected control plots. That way we obtain valuable, exact information concerning their germination that must be maintained at an appropriate level. Simultaneously, the varietal identity of each species is checked at this stage.

Stage four takes place in our warehouses and consists of eliminating seeds that have been stored for too long on our shelves and replacing them with new batches. Each package is stamped with a unique batch number and also with the sow-by-date.

All four stages combined allow us to state with confidence that the seeds we deliver comply with the highest standards and have completed all required control stages with flying colours.

Prizes and awards

The seeds we sell are widely recognized for their quality and have won many awards. Our seeds won numerous gold medals and distinctions for their high quality. The World of Flowers was also honoured for its innovative approach.

Among those awards there were: TOP INNOVATION (June 2015), GOLD MEDAL AT THE POZNAN INTERNATIONAL FAIR (2015), CONSUMER QUALITY LEADER (2014), FARMER OF THE YEAR (2014).

In addition, we have also been awarded the “IDEAL BUSINESS” certificate for two years in a row.

Germination

We are committed to selling only the highest quality seeds. Taking into consideration the efforts we make daily, please also note that plants are living organisms and their germination and growth depends on many factors, such as temperature, soil type, humidity and the frequency with that they are watered, sowing time and conditions, use of fertilizers and plant protection agents (pesticides), as well as weather and climate conditions. We provide help by sharing the accurate and up-to-date sowing and growing information, however, we cannot bear any responsibility for the plants that were not cultivated in conditions appropriate for given species.