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Collards
| Season: |
Cool Weather |
| Fall Planting Dates: |
July 1 - Sept. 15 |
| Day to Maturity: |
60 - 80 |
| Plant Size: |
18"-3' tall, 1-2' wide |
| Water Need: |
Medium |
| Seeds or Plants/100 ft.: |
1/2 oz. |
| Spacing, Rows/Plants: |
36" x 12-18" |
| Recommended Varieties: |
Champion, Top Bunch, Georgia Southern, Vates |
Collards are closely related to cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. They are especially valuable nutritionally since they supply important amounts of Vitamin A, ascorbic acid, and iron. Pound for pound, greens such as collards contain much more vitamin A than snap beans, sweet corn, or green peppers.
Collards can be sown directly in the garden in mid-summer or transplanted from July to September. Plant collards on rows 36 inches apart with plants spaced 12 inches apart in the row. when harvesting, remove one or more leaves from each plant but never harvest more than one-third of the leaves from a single plant. A small amount of sidedressed fertilizer after the first harvest increases productivity.
These greeens usually are ready for harvest about 2 months after plantig, but thinnings can be used much earlier. |
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