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.
