| 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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Common Insect Pests
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Aphids
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Cabbageworms
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Cabbage Loopers
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Diamond Moth Larvae
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Flea Beetles
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Stinkbugs
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Common Diseases
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Anthracnose
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Alternaria Leaf Spot
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Black Rot
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Cercospora Leaf Spot
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Downy Mildew
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Powdery Mildew
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White Spot
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Yellows (Fusarium Wilt)
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