Anyone grown Collards?

[Snadger]

I have three different types to hopefully give a succession.

Morris Heading

Georgia Southern

Yates

Growing them partially for the chooks but because they are an ancient brassica will be quite interested in the taste experience!

[TonyF]

Where did you get them Snadger?

[Snadger]

Where did you get them Snadger?

Moreveg...............50p a packet for 20 seeds of each.

Have you grown them before Tony?

[binley100]

I thought they were cattle fodder

[Snadger]

I thought they were cattle fodder

Mooooooooo! So is kale.....but I love it!

[pdblake]

Mooooooooo! So is kale.....but I love it!

Never heard of them but just had a google and they look pretty tasy

On kale, youngest daughter's friend came for tea and was so impressed with the green curly kale I gave her some seeds so she could grow her own

[maypril]

Isn't collard just an american name for spring greens? Like zucchini is courgette and rutabaga is swede?

[Two_Sheds]

I thought collards was the cabbagey bit on top of a brussell sprout stalk? Self Sufficient Life - Vegetable Gardening - Grow Your Own Vegetables

[Snadger]

I thought collards was the cabbagey bit on top of a brussell sprout stalk? Self Sufficient Life - Vegetable Gardening - Grow Your Own Vegetables

You mean the bit the woodpigeons have demolished?

[Snadger]

I'm hoping they will look and taste similar to Spting cabbage which is my fav!!!!!
I aslo grow Jersey giant kale which by the sound of it is actually a collard.

[gojiberry]

Have heard of sprout tops being called collards but never heard of them in their own right. If they are like spring greens there is a bit of difference between a sprout top and spring greens. You will have to post a pic once you have grown them Snadger.

Ian

[Two_Sheds]

collards, as grown in Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. They aren't like sprouts at all, I made that up

you'll have to click the link, I can't upload the picture

[Snadger]

collards, as grown in Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. They aren't like sprouts at all, I made that up

Norty step for you then m'lady!

[binley100]

I thought collards was the cabbagey bit on top of a brussell sprout stalk? Self Sufficient Life - Vegetable Gardening - Grow Your Own Vegetables

You experienced people could lead us novices a right merry dance and we'd believe every word of it.

[maypril]

You experienced people could lead us novices a right merry dance and we'd believe every word of it.

Rubbish! We're not stupid. I don't know where we'd be without the advice of these experts.

For years I'd been planting my carrot seeds and the green stuff has appeared on top and yet the delicious orange stuff has been covered in dirt. Thanks to the wonderful advice of the experts on this forum, I've planted my carrot seeds the other way up and now I can expect to have the orange carrots above the surface saving both cleaning and digging! It's going to be a bumper crop"