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Collards - Georgia Southern - Packet of Seeds (3 g.)

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This non-heading member of the cabbage family produces nutritious leaves popular in the south as a cooked vegetable green. This variety is a vigorous grower that produces tender, juicy, blue-green leaves. Plants are easy to grow and tolerant of heat and cold. Delicious boiled, steamed, or in salads. 

Culture: Sow directly in the garden in spring and summer. Seeds can also be started indoors 5-6 weeks before the last frost. Plant in a sunny location in loose soil. 

Harvest: Pick entire plant, or gradually pick lower leaves.

Nutrition: One of the most nutritious of all greens, very rich in calcium and vitamins A and C.

  • Planting Depth: 1/4"-1/2" (6-13 mm.)
  • Seed Spacing: 1" (2.5 cm.)
  • Spacing Between Rows: 24"-30" (60-75 cm.)
  • Days to Germination: 5-14
  • Spacing After Thinning: 12"-18" (30-45 cm.)
  • Days to Maturity: 60-80