Best kales and collards to farm in Kenya,2024 (updated)

Are you new to farming and wondering what the best Sukuma wiki is for farming (kale or collards)? Most farmers need a variety that is

• Widely accepted in the market
• Has a faster growth rate
• Shows a high level of reliance on diseases
• It has a long harvesting period
• Torelance to heat and cold climates
• Requires minimal  water for growth

There are two major varieties;

• Southern Georgia Collards has no leaf internode
• Thousand headed -Kales –has leaf internode

Then what is the difference? It’s the little alteration by bleeders to soot the above factors.

From our experience with collards and kales from ten agro-seed companies, the following five varieties performed best and were widely accepted in the market. They are ranked downward in the order of best performing.

Utravetis’s Southern Georgia Collards

• It has a tender, moist bite and succulent dark green leaves
• Reliably heavy yields
• Tolerant to both heat and cold climate
• It is slow to bolt and grows up to 2-3feet
• Under good management, it can yield up to 8Tons per acre
• Matures in 45-60 days from transplanting

Utravetis’s Thousand-Headed kale

• An indeterminate, very hardy crop with the ability to recover easily
• Very soft texture and light green leafy product with continuous picking
• It is vigorous, with many side branches
• Very good heat tolerance
• Under good management, it can yield up to 8Tons per acre
• Matures in 45days from transplanting

Eseed’s Mfalme Improved f1

• High yields due to heavy leaves
• Long harvesting period
• High resistance to diseases
• Has a wide market acceptability
• Under good management, it can yield up to 7.5tons acre
• Maturity of 45 days from transplanting

Read: The Simple Secrets Of Kale (Sukuma Wiki) Farming

Starke Ayres’s Thousand-Headed Kales

• It’s vigorous growing kale for all-year production
• Matures in 55 days after transplanting
• A good yielder
• Soft, thus attracting wide market acceptability
• Under good management, it can yield up to 7.2tons acre
• Seeds are readily available even in supermarkets like Naivas

Amiran’s Thousand-Headed Kale

• This is a continuous growing and hardy crop that is tolerant to cold temperatures.
•  It has a thick stem with big dark green leaves and is smooth and attractive.
• Under good management, it can yield up to 7tons acre
•  It matures between 45-60 days from transplanting
•  Variety continuously grows and stays in the field for a long time, increasing production.

Conclusion

Utravetis Southern Georgia Collards, Utravetis-headed Kales, Eseeds Mfalme Improved F1, stark Aryes-headed Kale, and Amiran thousand Amiran-headed Kales are Kenya’s best Collards and kales.

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Kelvin Wairimu

Kelvin Wairimu is a Young Passionate Agripreneur, Manager and Chief Editor Of The Farmworx. He is an Experienced and Practicing Farmer, Agricultural Economist and a Consultant.He holds a Bacherors Degree in Agricultural Economics From University of Eldoret,CPA 3 And a Certificate in Advanced Computer Software.

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