Collards

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Description

Grow in fertile, well drained, ideally lime rich soil in full sun.

Georgia Collards – Matures in 45 or so days, space 18-24″ inches apart, grows 24-36″ inches

Morris Heading Collards – matures in 45 or so days, space 18-24″ apart and grows 24″ inches tall

Harvest – When leaves grow to 10″ long, younger leaves have better flavor, older leaves tend to be tough and stringy, pick lower leaves, first, leaving inner leaves to mature

Prone to leaf miners, caterpillars, aphids, harlequin bugs, root maggots, nematode, cabbage white butterfly, flea beetle, black leg, white rust, black leaf spot (Xanthomonas), downy mildew, powdery mildew, damping off, white mold, clubroot, root knot nematodes, Magnesium, boron, and potassium deficiency.