Growing Collards, also Collard greens, Borekale

Brassica sp. : Brassicaceae / the mustard or cabbage family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
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      T                
      P P              

(Best months for growing Collards in USA - Zone 5a regions)

  • S = Plant undercover in seed trays
  • T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
  • P = Sow seed
  • Easy to grow. Grow in seed trays, and plant out in 4-6 weeks. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 46°F and 86°F. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 16 - 20 inches apart
  • Harvest in 8-11 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Dwarf (bush) beans, beets, celery, cucumber, onions, marigold, nasturtium, rhubarb, aromatic herbs (sage, dill, chamomile)
  • Avoid growing close to: Climbing (pole) beans, tomato, peppers (chili, capsicum), eggplant (aubergine), strawberry, mustard

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06 Jul 08, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Omera, you might want to get amaranth seeds, which according to wikipedia is used in callaloo. Eden Seeds sell amaranth by through their online shop in Australia.
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03 Jul 08, Omera (Australia - tropical climate)
Can you tell me if I can buy calaloo seeds or plants in Australia? Thanks
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10 May 08, Dave (Unknown climate)
You can buy collard greens seeds from Brisbane Organic Growers Inc,102 McDonald Rd,Windsor,QLD.4030
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17 Feb 08, Katrina (Unknown climate)
re: Collard seeds Hi Murray, if you are still looking for collard green seeds, there are several online seed stores which sell them. Collard greens are also known as kale, so this is the name you need to use when searching. These seed sellers sell kale: Green Harvest http://www.greenharvest.com.au/seeds/vegetables_cabbage.html#Kale ) Cornucopia Seeds (on E-bay) and Eden Seeds http://www.edenseeds.com.au/content/default.asp ) Hope this helps :)
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07 Jan 08, Murray Crawford (Unknown climate)
Can you tell me where i can buy collard greens seeds or plants in Australia?
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05 Sep 07, jimmy williams (Unknown climate)
Collards are good and tasty - a very good vegetable to plant.
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No, curly kale is a vegetable. I think it would be hard to mistake ornamental kale seedlings for edible kale, not least because they would be found in different sections of the garden centre! There are a number of different kinds of edible kale, more often sold as seed than as seedlings, and not that often seen at mainstream nurseries/seed suppliers.

- TB

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