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Hardy non-heading cabbage. Flavour improves dramatically after frost. Harvest outer leaves continuously. Southern NA staple; very nutrient-dense.
Brassica oleracea (Curly)
vegetable
A fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Collard Greens
Start Collard Greens indoors about 6 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in full sun, spaced about 45 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 75 days.
Collard Greens seed rarely stays viable beyond 4 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 90 cm · Soil: Rich, moist, slightly alkaline
Coccinellidae
The one predator here where the adults hunt as hard as the larvae do.
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Collard Greens — and alongside each other.
