Specifications:
Season: Annual
Height: 36 inches
Environment: Full sun
USDA Zones: 3 - 10
Outsidepride Bayou Kale (Brassica Oleracea) Cover Crop Seeds is a winter-hardy, nutrient-rich forage suitable for deer food plots, pasture, and livestock grazing outdoors. With excellent regrowth and a high leaf-to-stem ratio, our annual cover crop seeds offer highly digestible, palatable forage that grows in cooler weather areas under USDA Zones 3-10. Bayou Kale provides nutrient-rich leaves, making it a suitable choice of kale seeds for wildlife. Its deep taproots improve soil structure and prevent erosion. Plant in late summer or early fall for effective growth and winter forage.
Our winter-hardy Bayou Kale seeds for planting outdoors provides nutrient-rich forage for livestock and grows in cooler weather, giving cattle and sheep a highly digestible and palatable food. Its smooth, large leaves and high leaf-to-stem ratio ensure efficient grazing throughout the season.
Bayou Kale seeds for garden offers soil enrichment with its nutrient-rich crops. Its deep taproots aerate and break up compacted soil, improving water retention. As a cover crop seed and plant, it helps prevent erosion and adds nutrient-rich properties to your soil for future seed planting seasons.
With its robust leafy growth, our Bayou Kale Seed is suitable for attracting wildlife to food plots. Its large, sweet-tasting leaves are nutrient-rich, providing a valuable food source for deer, cattle and other animals during the colder months, suitable for rotational grazing.
Bayou Kale is highly cold-hardy and drought-tolerant, making it a resilient choice for tough climates. Its ability to grow in both cold and dry conditions allows it to provide long-lasting forage. Our kale mix variety continuously grow even in the harsh weather, benefiting wildlife and livestock.
Bayou Kale is a powerful tool for revitalizing soil, thanks to its deep taproots that improve aeration and reduce compaction. With a high leaf-to-stem ratio and excellent regrowth, our annual plants help enhance soil structure while preventing erosion. Suitable for wildlife food plots or as a winter cover crop, our kale cover crop seeds for outdoor gardening grow well in full sun and USDA Zones 3-10. Plant in late summer or fall to maximize its soil benefits and provide winter forage that stands at 36 inches in height for deer and other animals, making it an essential crop for land care.
Bayou Kale is a cover crop that offers both soil improvement and a nutrient-rich forage option for livestock and wildlife. Its deep taproots work to break up compacted soil, promoting better drainage and water retention. It also helps reduce erosion and improves soil structure, making it suitable for use in food plots. Known for its winter-hardiness and ability to grow in drought conditions, Bayou Kale is a durable crop that contributes to land care while providing a valuable food source for grazing animals.
Bayou Kale is fast-growing and easy to plant. For effective results, sow seeds in early spring or late summer, depending on the climate. The recommended sowing rate is 8-10 lbs per acre or 3-5 lbs per 1,000 sq. ft. Seeds should be planted 1/4 inch deep to ensure proper germination. Keep the soil consistently moist until germination occurs, and water based on weather conditions. To maximize soil improvement, mow or till the plants into the soil before they flower and enjoy nutrient-rich plants throughout the season.
Bayou Kale (Brassica oleracea) - is a winter hardy member of the Brassica family that is highly digestible. It is known for its large, palatable leaves. and can provide up to 25% protein. High digestible forage for deer that is ideal for extended grazing in wildlife food plots providing quality winter forage. Kale has the highest cold tolerance of all the Brassicas, good winter hardiness and a high leaf to stem ratio. It may be grown both as a spring and early fall crop for winter grazing. Kale grows best in cooler weather with cold days and nights which will sweeten the leaves especially if subjected to a fall frost. Remember that Kale grows large leaves and may over shade other plants in your food plot. Kale prefers a pH of 5.5 to 7.0.
Bayou kale is a mid-maturing forage brassica with a smooth leaf, and a nutty flavor that is sweet to human taste. This kale variety has a smaller stem but can grow up to 3 feet tall. Bayou has excellent regrowth when rotationally grazed, and the stems are more palatable than forage rapes for cattle and sheep. Used in food plots for deer as well as upland game birds, animals will eat the Bayou first when planted beside other food plots.
When planted in late summer or early fall, it is considerably more winter-hardy than radishes and helps control erosion. The spring green-up of Bayou kale is similar to forage rapes, while its seed size and crop management are similar to other brassicas, like turnips. Seed should be planted at 6 - 10 lbs/ac when planted as a single specie and 2 - 3 lbs/ac when mixed with other crops. Recommended planting time for Northern Regions is summer when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees. Planting should occur July - September for the Midwest and September - October for the South.
Forage Kale has show to help in opening up the soil because of its tap roots. As a cover crop kale can be planted in late summer or early fall; using it as a winter crop helps protect the soil longer from erosion.
Product Specifications:
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Excellent regrowth
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Forage brassica
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Good winter hardiness
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Great for food deer food plots
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Protects soil from erosion
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Use for: pasture, food plot, cattle forage, livestock grazing, cover crop
