Kale
| Kale | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crop |
| Season | Spring |
| Seed | Kale Seeds |
| Growth Time | 6 days |
| Sell Price | 110g |
Kale is a leafy Spring vegetable cut with the Scythe. It grows in under a week and sells for a solid price, so it fits several plantings into one Spring. Kale is a dependable mid-range earner straight from Pierre's shelves on the first day of the game. It goes into Stir Fry and Salmon Dinner, two strong energy dishes. Most villagers like it as a gift.
The in-game description reads: The waxy leaves are great in soups and stir fries.
Growing
Kale grows through four stages and gives one bunch per plant. Each tile is replanted after harvest.
A Spring field planted on the first day and replanted after every harvest gives four harvests before Summer. A fifth planting would not finish in time.
Kale is harvested with the Scythe rather than picked by hand.
Pierre's General Store sells the seeds in Spring. JojaMart sells them at a higher price. A Seed Maker turns harvested Kale back into seeds.
Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession shorten the growing time. Deluxe Fertilizer is the only way to grow iridium Kale. Higher quality bunches sell for more and restore more energy and health.
Kale also grows in the Greenhouse and on Ginger Island in any season.
Prices
Kale earns a steady profit on each seed, with every bunch selling for well above the seed price. It trails Cauliflower, Green Beans and Rhubarb over a full Spring, but it beats Potatoes, Garlic and Parsnips. Its short cycle also means money comes in sooner than with Cauliflower.
The Tiller profession adds ten percent to the raw price.
As a vegetable, Kale becomes Juice in a Keg or Pickles in a Preserves Jar. Pickles are worth a little more and finish faster, so the jar suits it better. Both more than double the raw price. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to either product.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Tiller (+10%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 110g | 121g |
 Silver
|
137g | 150g |
 Gold
|
165g | 181g |
 Iridium
|
220g | 242g |
Uses
Cooking Kale with a Cave Carrot, a Common Mushroom and Oil makes Stir Fry. The Queen of Sauce teaches it in the first Spring. The dish restores a large amount of energy and health and sells well.
Cooking Salmon with Amaranth and Kale makes Salmon Dinner. Gus mails the recipe at three hearts of friendship. Kale from Spring has to be stored until Fall, when Amaranth grows.
With the Remixed Bundles, Kale may be one of the options for the Spring Crops Bundle in the Pantry.
From the second year, Kale may appear as a Spring request on the Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store. That delivery is worth three times the Kale's value, along with friendship from the villager who asked.
In tailoring, Kale in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Shirt And Belt. Kale works as a green colour in the Sewing Machine and suits the green dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.
Cooking
Cooking Kale with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon Dinner | 
|
Salmon (1), Amaranth (1), Kale (1) |
| Stir Fry | 
|
Cave Carrot (1), Common Mushroom (1), Kale (1), Oil (1) |
Gifts
Kale is a liked gift for most of the valley. Leo counts Kale as a liked gift. The same goes for the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy, and for the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard. The marriage candidates Alex, Elliott, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sebastian and Shane like it as well, as do the older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam.
Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it.
Notes
Save a few bunches of Kale at the end of Spring. Salmon Dinner needs one in Fall, and Stir Fry needs one whenever a Cave Carrot turns up in the mines.
Kale makes a good second crop next to Cauliflower in the first Spring. Its quicker harvests bring in cash while the Cauliflower is still growing.
All Crops
Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.
| Crop | Image | Season | Growth | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jazz | 
|
Spring | 7 days | 50g |
| Carrot | 
|
Spring | 3 days | 35g |
| Cauliflower | 
|
Spring | 12 days | 175g |
| Garlic | 
|
Spring | 4 days | 60g |
| Green Bean | 
|
Spring | 10 days | 40g |
| Kale | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 110g |
| Parsnip | 
|
Spring | 4 days | 35g |
| Potato | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 80g |
| Rhubarb | 
|
Spring | 13 days | 220g |
| Strawberry | 
|
Spring | 8 days | 120g |
| Tulip | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 30g |
| Unmilled Rice | 
|
Spring | - | - |
| Ancient Fruit | 
|
Spring, Summer, Fall | 28 days | 550g |
| Tea Leaves | 
|
Spring, Summer, Fall | 20 days | - |
| Blueberry | 
|
Summer | 13 days | 50g |
| Hops | 
|
Summer | 11 days | 25g |
| Hot Pepper | 
|
Summer | 5 days | 40g |
| Melon | 
|
Summer | 12 days | 250g |
| Poppy | 
|
Summer | 7 days | 140g |
| Radish | 
|
Summer | 6 days | 90g |
| Red Cabbage | 
|
Summer | 9 days | 260g |
| Starfruit | 
|
Summer | 13 days | 750g |
| Summer Spangle | 
|
Summer | 8 days | 90g |
| Summer Squash | 
|
Summer | 6 days | - |
| Tomato | 
|
Summer | 11 days | 60g |
| Corn | 
|
Summer, Fall | 14 days | 50g |
| Sunflower | 
|
Summer, Fall | 8 days | 80g |
| Wheat | 
|
Summer, Fall | 4 days | 25g |
| Amaranth | 
|
Fall | 7 days | 150g |
| Artichoke | 
|
Fall | 8 days | 160g |
| Beet | 
|
Fall | 6 days | 100g |
| Bok Choy | 
|
Fall | 4 days | 80g |
| Cranberries | 
|
Fall | 7 days | - |
| Eggplant | 
|
Fall | 5 days | 60g |
| Fairy Rose | 
|
Fall | 12 days | - |
| Pumpkin | 
|
Fall | 13 days | 320g |
| Sweet Gem Berry | 
|
Fall | 24 days | - |
| Yam | 
|
Fall | 10 days | 160g |
| Powdermelon | 
|
Winter | - | 60g |
| Broccoli | 
|
- | - | - |
| Cactus Fruit | 
|
- | - | 75g |
| Grape | 
|
- | - | 80g |
| Pineapple | 
|
- | - | - |
| Qi Fruit | 
|
- | - | - |
| Taro Root | 
|
- | 10 days | 100g |