{"id":95250,"date":"2025-02-13T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:50:18","slug":"giant-kale-walking-stick-kale","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giant Kale \u2014 Brassica oleracea<\/em><\/h2>\n

Walking Stick Kale<\/h3>\n

\ud83c\udf3f Description<\/h3>\n

Walking Stick Kale is a legendary and spectacular variety of kale, known for its impressive height and unique appearance. This plant develops a long, sturdy stem resembling a trunk, capable of reaching 1.8 to 3.5 meters (6 to 12 feet) in gardens, and even more in its native environment.<\/p>\n

Its tall, upright and majestic growth makes it one of the most striking varieties in the garden. Green leaves grow along the stem and can be harvested progressively throughout the season.<\/p>\n

\n

\ud83c\udfa8 History<\/h3>\n

Cultivated in Europe for centuries, especially on the island of Jersey in the English Channel, this kale is also known as Jersey Cabbage, Tall Jacks, or Cow Cabbage. It was once widely grown for its practical uses.<\/p>\n

The long, strong stems were traditionally dried, varnished, and turned into walking sticks, which is where its name comes from. The leaves were also used as nutritious animal fodder, while the more tender young shoots were reserved for human consumption.<\/p>\n

This historic variety, both practical and ornamental, is now making a comeback among home gardeners fascinated by its size and unique character.<\/p>\n

\n

\ud83c\udf31 Germination<\/h3>\n

Walking Stick Kale is easy to start from seed.<\/p>\n

Sowing conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sowing depth: about 0.5 cm (1\/4 in)
\nIdeal temperature: 7\u201330 \u00b0C (45\u201385 \u00b0F)
\nGermination in 6 to 9 days<\/p>\n

Spacing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space plants 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 in) apart to allow the stem to develop properly.<\/p>\n

\n

\ud83c\udf3f Care<\/h3>\n

This variety grows slowly but becomes very tall and strong over time.<\/p>\n

Sun exposure: 6 to 12 hours of sunlight per day
\nSoil: rich, deep, and well-drained
\nWatering: regular to support growth
\nSupport: sometimes useful at the beginning to keep the stem straight<\/p>\n

With good growing conditions, the plant forms a thick and sturdy stem over the months.<\/p>\n

\n

\u2744\ufe0f Cold Hardiness<\/h3>\n

Walking Stick Kale is very cold tolerant.<\/p>\n

Tolerates cool temperatures well
\nCan continue growing late into the season
\nLeaf flavor often improves after the first frosts<\/p>\n

It is particularly well suited to northern climates such as Quebec.<\/p>\n

\n

\u2702\ufe0f Pruning and Harvest Technique<\/h3>\n

Progressive harvesting helps form the characteristic long stem.<\/p>\n

Harvest leaves regularly from the bottom upward
\nLeave the upper leaves to maintain growth
\nThe stem thickens as the lower leaves are removed<\/p>\n

This method encourages the formation of a strong, straight trunk.<\/p>\n

\n

\ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f Culinary Use<\/h3>\n

Young leaves of Walking Stick Kale are edible and flavorful.<\/p>\n

Flavor similar to traditional kale
\nBest when young and tender<\/p>\n

Ideal for:
\nstir-fries
\nsoups
\ngreen smoothies
\nsteaming<\/p>\n

More mature leaves are often used as animal feed.<\/p>\n

\n

\ud83c\udf3e Other Traditional Uses<\/h3>\n

Historically, this variety was grown for several purposes.<\/p>\n

Making canes or walking sticks from the dried stems
\nAnimal fodder
\nImpressive ornamental plant<\/p>\n

Its spectacular size makes it a true garden curiosity.<\/p>\n

\n

\u26a0\ufe0f Toxicity<\/h3>\n

Walking Stick Kale is fully edible.
\nNo known toxicity.<\/p>\n

\n

\ud83d\udca7 Hydroponic Growing<\/h3>\n

This variety can be grown hydroponically in its early stages, but it is better suited to open ground.<\/p>\n

Type of growing: recommended in deep soil
\nGrowth: large and vertical
\nNutrient support: rich soil preferred to reach full height<\/p>\n

\n

\u2705 Quick Facts<\/h3>\n

Type: Giant kale
\nMaturity: About 100 days
\nHeight: 1.8 to 3.5 m (6 to 12 ft)
\nSun exposure: 6\u201312 hours of sun
\nSpacing: 45\u201360 cm (18\u201324 in)
\nFrost tolerance: Yes
\nUse: Edible, fodder, and ornamental<\/p>\n

Advantages: Historic variety, giant stem that can be turned into a walking stick, very hardy, spectacular in the garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

20x \/ pack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":95205,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[355,363],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-95250","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-green","7":"product_cat-kale-en","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple","15":"add-to-wishlist-before_image","16":"entry","17":"content-bg","18":"loop-entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGiant Kale Walking Stick Kale - Semence Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale - Semence Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"20x \/ pack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Semence Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kale-geant.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/\",\"name\":\"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale - Semence Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/kale-geant.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-13T20:50:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/kale-geant.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/kale-geant.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":790},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/en\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Semence Canada\",\"description\":\"La Seed Bank #1 au Canada\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Semence Canada\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/logo-nobackground-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/logo-nobackground-1.png\",\"width\":394,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Semence Canada\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/semencecanada.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale - Semence Canada","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale - Semence Canada","og_description":"20x \/ pack","og_url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/","og_site_name":"Semence Canada","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":790,"url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kale-geant.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/","url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/","name":"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale - Semence Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kale-geant.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-13T20:50:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kale-geant.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kale-geant.jpg","width":1024,"height":790},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/product\/giant-kale-walking-stick-kale\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Giant Kale Walking Stick Kale"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/","name":"Semence Canada","description":"La Seed Bank #1 au Canada","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/#organization","name":"Semence Canada","url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-nobackground-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-nobackground-1.png","width":394,"height":121,"caption":"Semence Canada"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"product_cat":[{"value":355,"label":"Green"},{"value":363,"label":"Kale"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kale-geant.jpg",1024,790,false],"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/95250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=95250"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=95250"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semencecanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=95250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}