Enjoyed the concept of growing what you eat! Tip: Instead of rinsing with hot water to clean greens and kill the bugs, I add salt to a cold water rinse to do the same thing. This prevents premature wilting of the greens, especially if you don’t cook them right away. The last rinse is without salt to remove the salt taste until you season the greens for cooking. Looking forward to growing together in the spring!
Yes we use a vinegar base washing solution and will cook right away. We will use those tips and suggestions you suggest to help preserve our harvest thanks for your input. Happy New Year!
Beautiful! Consider this for the stems: Substitute them for celery! I personally like to make and use mirepoix with the collard stems - 2 parts onion, 1 part each collard stems and carrots. You can sub leeks or shallots for the onion and parsnips, turnips or rutebega for the carrots as well. But I digress.
Thankyou ...it's my first time growing them and they look so perfect and no blemishes WHATSOEVER used bird netting so they grew perfectly. I didn't know how or when to harvest but this was helpful and I'm ready to go get them harvested and enjoy them☺️ I will grow so much more next year for sure they were so easy to grow and tolerated every temperature there was and there was so many hot days n humid days then cool days so it handled it so well. I'd grow a field if I could and give them away to everyone!!!!
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Thank you for subscribing. You are correct about the leaves. You can use them as cut and come along. The outer most leaves are the oldest and should be used first if you're not using the whole plant. The middle leaves are the youngest and have the most nutrients
I live the abundance of collards how you’re growing them everywhere. I’m such a fan of the giant leaves, I take one look and the abundance makes me giddy. I guess a big harvest gives better air flow to keep them healthy.
Nice video it has been so many years I couldn't remember how to harvest them, I'm in central Florida I've got a nice amount growing now. The temperature is still in the 80's but they are growing great. I love what your shirt says, that is so true. Keep up the good work, God bless you, I'll be waiting for more videos from you.
Thanks for making this video! Our little family are growing collards for the first time this year - here in Newfoundland turnip greens are what a lot of people use, prepared the way you describe, with salt meat usually beef or ham for flavor. I'm going to watch the vegan collards preparation video you made as well! Let's grow together!
I love me some collards. Very hardy and versatile. We just start a "few" this past weekend and already sprouting. How do the locals in Newfoundland cook the turnip greens?
@@TheNakidGardeners Here turnip greens are usually part of a boiled dinner with carrot, potato, turnip, cabbage, sometimes parsnip. Everything is cooked in one pot of water with a piece of salt beef. People use other greens too, like dandelions. Often there'll be peas pudding in the pot too, and on the side pickled beets and/or mustard pickles. When my dad cooks this kind of meal he'll often make potato cakes, which I love, you boil then mash potatoes till they're soft then bake them in bread pans. Some people cut up small bits of pork fat and put on the top and bottom for flavor and it renders down and gets crispy. It's not a very common dish here and I was wondering if you had heard of it where you live? I harvested some of our collard greens as per your video - now to watch the cooking video and cook them up. I'll let you know how they turn out! Happy growing!
I enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing and can’t wait to see how my first garden turns out. I use to love chitterlings as a child but gave them up once I discovered what they were😜But don’t judge others! Lol Thanks for the harvesting lesson ❤️
haha I still eat chitterlings. Just not anyone chitterlings. Not everyone cleans them the same. Thanks for stopping by and watching. Have you had success with growing collards?
Collards you should be able to start next month. You might be able to start sweet potatoes right now but you might be a little late. Peppers you can start right now as well just not the hot ones since they take a while to germinate and produce any fruit.
I live in Southern California. My collards have bolted due to the heat. Should I cut the tops and start over for the fall? We have cold mornings but hot afternoons and early evenings.
What kind of pot are they? Fabric containers? If so, you can probably get away once every two days. If it is a regular container then you might wa t to check the soil before watering. We did a video on watering last week check it out to see how we explain our watering technique.
I need that hoodie. Great video by the way...love it. I have had a ton of luck in Virginia with collards. Good to see someone doing collards the right way.
Thanks 👍 Yea and now that we are going to be on a place with more land to grow them I am going to love the idea of planting more for this Thanksgiving. I think we are going to grow more creole collards though. How do you like your collards? and which season do you normally eat them in?
We planted our collard greens the beginning of April and we are in Georgia very near Atlanta.They have been growing about six weeks now.My greens are very big now and I always hear that you should wait until the first frost which is a long way off. My question is can I harvest my greens now?
YES! harvest them. You do not have to wait until the first frost. Collards are frost hardy and normally do not like to be grown in any weather above 75 degrees. I am surprised your collards have not started bolting (going to flower). Once it goes to flower the flavor changes. Are you growing in the shade or direct sunlight?
@@TheNakidGardeners We have quite a few vegetables in our garden. We are in growing tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini, cucumbers 3 types of peppers, and egg plants. We are also growing cabbage, okra, beans, carrots and a few other vegetables. Question: basically it is best to plant collards and cabbage in the fall?
@@catherineatkins1989 cabbage, kale, cole crops like broccoli, cauliflower, and brassicas and some herbs are best when grown in the fall. We [zone 8a] start ours fall crops around Sept
Your video was awesome. I'm new to gardening and would like to know where you got your seeds or seedlings from? Pleaseee help, I need these in my life 😂😂
Thank you for your feedback. We normally get most of our seeds from the big box stores, Botanical Interest, Baker Creek, Migardeners, and Mauro Seeds. Do you know what hardiness zone you are in?
My husband accidentally bought “cabbage” greens when I sent him to get cabbage plants, of course I kept them but I’ve never dealt with this variety of greens. Would you say they are processed the same way? Love your channel!
Collards stems are woodier or stalkier than any other greens. We did a follow up video on how to cook them just vegan style. If you are not into plant-based meals you can do the following: boil some smoke meat (pork tails are the best) however you can do turkey wings, necks, etc. cover the meat and cover until meat falls of the bone. add one onion. three cloves of garlic ( we do a LOT of garlic) remove the stems of the greens (watch the video we did on how to cut the greens) and add to pot with some red and orange peppers. bring down to a simmer until greens are nice and tender or to your texture liking. we normally cook this overnight for Thanksgiving morning. just before serving add some olive oil and a cap full of distill vinegar
It all depends on what hardiness zone you are in. We are in zone 8a and possibly can grow these up until May if the temps can stay under 75 degrees. What hardiness zone are you in?
Thank you for sharing your methods! I just started growing leafy greens (collards, kale, and lettice) and I'm so excited to learn how to keep it going. Appreciate you!
Can you start eating some of the leaves before the 1st frost? Do you have to remove them after the 1st frost? My first year growing and they are huge, just not sure when we can start getting some off and eat
Yes you can start eating the leaves whenever you like. After the first frost they are have a cripser flavor to them. Most collard can grow all thru the spring and part of the summer
@@sandywoolard4790 you are so welcome. We are goinng to be doing a LIVE broacast next Saturday at 4pm CST. If you have any other questions we can answer them there
We were only demonstrating for the video. We wind up taking them all out due to the renovation of the new backyard garden. We are doing a LIVE this Saturday at 4pm CST. If you have more questions you can ask us LIVE. Hope to see you there. Thanks for watching and have a blessed day.
Great video! I am having a hard time with cabbage worms feasting on my collards. They are eating whole leaves. I'm so frustrated. I'm in zone 6a. Seeing all of this destruction doesn't encourage me to want to continue. I am clearly not doing something right. I have tried the Neem oil but I'm not sure if I added the dish soap. I have also added diatomaceous earth after my Neem Oil application. I'm growing my veggies in fabric containers. Any suggestions/solutions are more than welcomed.
Sorry to hear that. Please do not get discouraged about gardening due to the pest issues. How long have you been gardening? Collards most likely are being attacked by different pest. The are either the white cabbage moth aka cabbage worms or some type of caterpillar or slugs/snails. Hard to tell without looking at the picture of the crop. Use a BT spray. Depending on how had your crops are, you will have to remove all of the damaged leaves, spray it once a day for 7-10 days (test spray first). Then just spray once a week. Check out our playlist on Pest Control: ruclips.net/p/PL94dIbp2wpGiDbb1H-XtgQ1E4pNO1QbWW
@@TheNakidGardeners This is my second year planting collards in MI. Is BT initials for something or is that the actual name of the product? Would Home Depot or Lowes have that? Thanks for responding!
I got distracted by the hoodie. But my Collards are about 2 ft long they are also Georgia Collard. I am in Georgia. Th stems are a foot by themselves. So I need to shear the down to base? When will they grow back. This is my first year. The are in a garden box. Thank you for the videos!
You don't have to cut them down if you don't want to. We tend to let a few plants go to seed and save for the next growing season. If you do eventually cut them down they will grow back some and some will just decompose and feed the soil. What got you interested in growing your own food this year?
@@TheNakidGardeners Several reason. I have been wanting to practice as part of my self care. I'm a counselor and it feels good to be outside. I feel like I can grow most of my veggies and fruit eventually. I'm growing garlic, onions, tomatoes, okra. I also have a lemon lime cocktail tree (purchased that last month). The pandemic really was a wake up. I want to be more self sufficient when it comes to the food we eat for my family. Thank you for asking.
Btw, I eat the stems and cook them as if they were celery. They are very tasty and not bitter. I also wanted to let you know I got 4 harvest from my bolted collards that are grown in containers.
That is awesome. We have our fall starts ready to be transferred however we don't have our beds built yet. Are you doing a another fall garden this year?
@@TheNakidGardeners I am not sure. I have been growing purple bell peppers, collards, kale, watermelon, strawberries, basil and cherry tomatoes. Just when I think I have gotten to the end of the season, I have to harvest again. It's a full-time job when you are doing it by yourself. I'm sticking with what I have for now until they stop growing.
If you want us to show you how to grow them we can. However, it is quite easy to grow. Place seed in moist seed starting mix with high lumen and Kelvin lighting. Within a week your seeds should be sprouting.
@@TheNakidGardeners i already plant but winter coming so these roots come back spring? I have no seed. I cut near root n eat leave then i stick stock back ground hope they will grow into new plant. I cut colard green thin them steam bottom tray and put other on top then sprinkle soy sauce with chilly taste amazing.
Do the ones you cut completely off come back? What should I be doing now when it's almost spring zone 7. I have 4 that's been going since last summer. Most are super small, two are tall, and one flowering. I was coming here to see if it's ok to let it flower.
You can let it flower and collect the seeds. The ones that are small? Are the in shade? Getting enough water? In small containers? Getting fertilizer regularly? To answer what should you do now question. You can start planning for spring. Find out your last frost date, go back 6-8 weeks and start seeds from the back of the seed package. The ones that we cut off completely will decompose and be food for the microorganisms
Thankyou. Yes they are pretty little flowers, low to the ground, as big as my hands. I didnt fertilize much (molasses), I also planted them with organic matter. I just put mushroom soil on top. They are in shade when the the leaves of the tree comes back. Will they be edible later. I already got some new starts, I dont want to make the same mistake. Will the one that flowered continue to live? Oh yea! Let's grow together.
@@saxpoobielex7769 mushroom soil or mushroom compost? Even though collards are shade tolerant they still need sun to get those nice big leaves. Next year try growing Creole Collards. The leaves are huge and flavourful. Once any plant goes to flower it changes the taste. Might as well and let it continue to flower and go to seed. The bees are going to love them.
@@TheNakidGardeners I'm in Cali.... I'm at a basic state in my gardening musters cabbage, zucchinis... Bunch of fruit trees tho... Desert lite climate but good soil
Im sorry i kno this vid is 3 yrs old now but may i ask what u do with the stems still in the ground after you've harvested the whole plant? Will leaving it there cause it to try to grow again next season or do u till it over or remove it completely? Im VERY new to all this (as in ive just hit the end of my very growing season ever) and this is my favorite video on collards harvesting on the whole internet 😅
The stem will act as carbon going back into the soil to feed the microbes that are in the soil. We have a playlist on collards and in that video have an updated way to harvest collards. What got you into gardening?
@@TheNakidGardeners ooh i see!! I will Definitely Need to go see the new vids!! Thank u for telling me! my dads building an off the grid home and i wanted to find a way to help so he said i could try starting up some plants so we can have a better start knowing what we're doing when we get out there 😅
@@1star_god Definitely learn your growing zone, and your frost dates as you begin. Good luck! We're here for any questions. Many of our followers follow us on Instagram and it is a direct way to ask us questions, we love to help.
I cut the flowers off my second year collards and now there's just more flowers popping out instead of one on the plant now there's four should I keep on cutting them off?????
You are so welcome. We do a routine pest maintenance on our garden every Tuesday. Fertilize every Friday. Water every other day, or when necessary. Prune every Thursday. Get you a schedule that it is easy to follow.
Hi, I love in NE Florida zone 9A, and want to know if you cut the stem, will they grow back? It is February now, and need to move my plants to a different bed. Thanks!
@@cindybearmusic well if you have some compost or some worm casting see if you can top dress the soil around it. see if you have any new growth after four weeks. If the sun hits it, it should. Start some new plants in the meanwhile for backup
@@TheNakidGardeners I have boiled them over the years-stems and all. Lately I've been steaming my greens, long enough to where the leaves aren't soggy but the stems are still tender. I cook them plain then add salt, pepper and butter to taste on my own plate. Happy Farming and God bless!
So many people will miss that important step. I even have seen people wash them after they cut and shred them. Which I don't understand because you are not sure if you got all of the dirt and bugs off by that way. Thank you for subscribing. Don't forget to share this video and watch my other videos.
@@TheNakidGardeners How did you know which ones to just take leaves from and which ones to cut out entirely. Please answer, my Collards resemble yours but I'm not sure if it's time to harvest...
@@Ms.Byrd68 You can pick collards leaves at any time. We actually picked all of these after the videos since we needed to clear space for our new garden beds we installed. If you have IG, you can take a picture of them and tag us in it.
@@TheNakidGardeners Baby brother all I have is a 'cheap' AT&T phone but I will get with my son, I think I can take a picture and email it to you at your channel email address but it won't be today. Thank you so much for answering, I'm in Houston and the 80 degree weather we've been having has me worried about my Collards, lettuce & Cabbage plants. They are pretty big but I don't have 'Heads' yet on my Cabbage yet. I cook Collards, but this is the first time I ever planted them, lol!
@@TheNakidGardeners I've had to use a fungicide/pesticide soap to keep off the caterpillars. How do you fight these bugs that make the collards leaves look like swiss cheese?
@@heatherangelo5796 you can direct sow collard. They will bolt once the heat gets above about 85 degrees. Here in north Texas that will be about June. Brassicas love cool weather and very frost tolerant.
Wow beautiful greens, but in La we would wash our greens several times, and if they were really dirty we put a little salt and vinegar in the water. Truthfully I prefer not to eat greens or chitterlings from unknowns.
@@TheNakidGardeners I use smoked turkey neck or turkey wings, cook that in water to flavor the water then add the collards, red pepper flakes and a touch of apple cider vinegar and let is cook down. SO GOOD!!!
I believe these were in a 16" terracotta pot. This year we are going to be growing them in 20 gal fabric containers. The terracotta gets dry and you have to constantly be watering them which will increase the chance of root rot. In the fabric contianers, you still have to water just not as much and the fabric allows the plants to air prune so it decreases the chance of root rot.
Thanks for a clear example of how to harvest and cut the collards. We have 6 plants here and we are trying to learn as much as we can. I have 1 question. When you cut through the stem and took the entire top of the plant, does it grow new leaves? Thank you!
Six plants? Right Now? What is your growing zone? I am not sure how often it happens, however, when the frost hit our garden in Feb we just cut off where it was still green, and leaves form back on some of our veggies. They were not as big as they should have been however they were edible.
We never gotten that far. By the time we are harvesting them, they are being cooked and consumed. I will try that method this year and do a follow up video on it to see how it goes.
What month is collared green season end? Thank you for your informative video I have collared greens in my backyard and I would like to know when to harvest them. I live in Florida I planted them last October.
I would think that they would do well as long as the avg temps are less than 80 degrees. Other than that you should be fine. They are heavy feeders and love love love the cool
@@TheNakidGardeners just go to RUclips and search Sukuma wiki recipes there's alot of them but I do mine with garlic,tomatoes and pepper. We don't overcook to avoid killing all the nutrients! I hope it helps!
I’ve grown collards for years up here in n. Indiana. Cut and come again. One plant was about 5 years old b4 I -pulled it. We luv ‘‘em with ham hocks or bacon, onion , garlic, jalapeno.. The pot liquor is the BEST with some corn bread . Good eats!
I grow only what I eat and doing very well. Just 6 collard plants 6 tomatoes plants 2 strawberry plants 4 watermelon plants cucumber and squash 6 plants doing good for a new thing.🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@TheNakidGardeners Hi. Yes, I'm a gardener. No. Ive decided I'll be starting next year for my vegetables and fruits garden. I may buy a strawberry plant or two this season. My flowers is what I'm working with this season. Wondering Jew, Crown of Thorns, Aloe, and several Oriental Lillies.
It all depends on your hardiness zone and what you want to plant. For our zone we can still plant a few tomatoes, sweet to mild peppers, eggplants, okra, squash, melons, and cukes, bush beans, and some heat-tolerant herbs. What do you want to plant and what is your hardiness zone?
Where do you live? I live in Northeast Louisiana I just planted 2 beds of collards from seed. They came up in 2dys. Now is a perfect time here. I cleared my beds of 5 bellpeper, 7 tomato plants, spinach, okra,and green beans to make room for collards. I left my 14ft tomato plant up because its still producing and I cant bring myself to cut it down yet LOL! I'll give it 1 more month and then ill chop it down. The stem is thick like a tree limb and the roots are very deep! That plant made it through hurricane Laura! We were watching from the house betting to see if it would fall it never did LOL! I used iron fence post and hammered them deep in the ground 2dys before the storm. Neighbors were riding by blowing they horn while I was hammering them in wishing me luck LOL! Not going to lie I talked to it, thanked it for ALL the great meals and gave it a kiss goodbye!
Yes the oldest leaves first if you want to continue to harvest them. We started some last year that are still growing. Luckily we had them under shaded area so they didn't bolt and go to flower.
I enjoyed your video I clean my greens in cold water with salt or baking powder and rinse a number of times the last rinse to get rid of the salt and cook the for about three hours 🎉🎉
I have collard green stems that are 5 ft tall. Can I prune or cut back the stem? Someone told me I can cut the stem to 2 1/2 ft, them scrape the stem and the leaves will grow back. Is this true?
I never heard of scrapping the stems and it growing back. If you have a lot of plants. I would try on to see if it works. We usually harvest it all by Dec to late Jan because we have to prep the beds for the following season. Doesn't hurt to try.
Bro, drop the music please, it's not necessary for this video but your music volume is so much louder than the voice so I had to turn it way up just to hear you , then the music came on and just about blew out my speakers.
Haha I dont know about great but thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video. If you want to see more make sure you hit the subscribe button. We do videos weekly
No we had made too much potting mix and did not have enough containers so we just made a mound and transplanted the collards in the mound to see if they would grow. lol
Sorry about that Yes this was our first year doing videos and trying to get better with each one. As you can see on a few of our latest ones we have improved. (hopefully :-)
@@TheNakidGardeners Not sure what that is. I am a newbie. But I live in North Mississippi. Just found out the hard way about planting too late. The heat killed my first garden planted in May.
Depending on your hardiness zone you might be able to get it started off and get a few harvest. They normally take about 70 days. Thanks for stopping by and watching
@@joanhage5952 Oh we uploaded a nice vegan smoked recipe. If you are not ready for the vegan way, you can get smoked turkey (or pork) and cover it with water. Boil until meat falls off the bone. shred meat with some onions, garlic and peppers. simmer until the texture you like. add a dash of vinegar and some extra virgin olive oil....done!
I left it so it could decompose and give nutrients back to the soil. We do that for a lot of our winter plants so that way the spring it be nice and ready to plant some veggies.
Ok cool i plant some collars in march and now they are big can i pick them from the bottom and leave the top are are will they be bitter and tough At this part i dont know what to do.
Want to see how to harvest and endless amount of collards: ruclips.net/video/kD_4kg25oww/видео.html
Enjoyed the concept of growing what you eat! Tip: Instead of rinsing with hot water to clean greens and kill the bugs, I add salt to a cold water rinse to do the same thing. This prevents premature wilting of the greens, especially if you don’t cook them right away. The last rinse is without salt to remove the salt taste until you season the greens for cooking. Looking forward to growing together in the spring!
Yes we use a vinegar base washing solution and will cook right away. We will use those tips and suggestions you suggest to help preserve our harvest thanks for your input. Happy New Year!
Yes oH yes
I wash in cold water and baking soda
Beautiful! Consider this for the stems: Substitute them for celery! I personally like to make and use mirepoix with the collard stems - 2 parts onion, 1 part each collard stems and carrots. You can sub leeks or shallots for the onion and parsnips, turnips or rutebega for the carrots as well. But I digress.
Interesting we will give it a try
Thankyou ...it's my first time growing them and they look so perfect and no blemishes WHATSOEVER used bird netting so they grew perfectly. I didn't know how or when to harvest but this was helpful and I'm ready to go get them harvested and enjoy them☺️ I will grow so much more next year for sure they were so easy to grow and tolerated every temperature there was and there was so many hot days n humid days then cool days so it handled it so well. I'd grow a field if I could and give them away to everyone!!!!
Your sweatshirt is hilarious!!!😅
Haha but all so true jk thanks for the feedback and for stopping by and watching.
I need that hoodie for my pops!!!!!
I need that sweatshirt for sure!
I watched my daddy from Mississippi grow veggies in our backyard...he was born in 1917....
Due to the sign of the times my interest has been renewed.
Oh that is amazing! What are you growing now?
*What leaves are good & which ones are bad? I'm a newbie. I know the limpy ones aren't good my guess. What about the ones with purplish coloring are they ones that should have been harvested earlier? I'm a new Subbie. 😁😁😁*
Thank you for subscribing. You are correct about the leaves. You can use them as cut and come along. The outer most leaves are the oldest and should be used first if you're not using the whole plant. The middle leaves are the youngest and have the most nutrients
I live the abundance of collards how you’re growing them everywhere. I’m such a fan of the giant leaves, I take one look and the abundance makes me giddy. I guess a big harvest gives better air flow to keep them healthy.
I am a fan of the veggies as well. I can't wait to harvest some of these for the holidays. thanks for stopping by and watching.
I pho’s few on yesterday and I was supposed on how nicely they turned out. I made a little video and try to upload today. I like your channel 👍🏽
I'm glad they turned out nice. Thanks for the kind words. Hope you stick around and share some of the videos you like or feel can benefit others
Nice video it has been so many years I couldn't remember how to harvest them, I'm in central Florida I've got a nice amount growing now. The temperature is still in the 80's but they are growing great. I love what your shirt says, that is so true. Keep up the good work, God bless you, I'll be waiting for more videos from you.
We are on a new place and they have grown very well underneath a tree that has provided some nice shade during the extreme heat we had in Texas
Thanks for making this video! Our little family are growing collards for the first time this year - here in Newfoundland turnip greens are what a lot of people use, prepared the way you describe, with salt meat usually beef or ham for flavor. I'm going to watch the vegan collards preparation video you made as well! Let's grow together!
I love me some collards. Very hardy and versatile. We just start a "few" this past weekend and already sprouting.
How do the locals in Newfoundland cook the turnip greens?
@@TheNakidGardeners
Here turnip greens are usually part of a boiled dinner with carrot, potato, turnip, cabbage, sometimes parsnip. Everything is cooked in one pot of water with a piece of salt beef. People use other greens too, like dandelions. Often there'll be peas pudding in the pot too, and on the side pickled beets and/or mustard pickles.
When my dad cooks this kind of meal he'll often make potato cakes, which I love, you boil then mash potatoes till they're soft then bake them in bread pans. Some people cut up small bits of pork fat and put on the top and bottom for flavor and it renders down and gets crispy. It's not a very common dish here and I was wondering if you had heard of it where you live?
I harvested some of our collard greens as per your video - now to watch the cooking video and cook them up. I'll let you know how they turn out! Happy growing!
@@DansVids86 Oh wow talk about some country meal eating. Making me hungry
Try them with sautéed leeks ( green part) they are insanely good.
Oh that sounds interesting. Now I have to grow some leeks to try this. thanks for the feedback
When I lived in Denver I grew Turnip, Mustard & Collard greens. Loved how much I enjoyed the green.
I grew up on greens. I prefer collards. Pops loved him some turnip greens
I enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing and can’t wait to see how my first garden turns out. I use to love chitterlings as a child but gave them up once I discovered what they were😜But don’t judge others! Lol Thanks for the harvesting lesson ❤️
haha I still eat chitterlings. Just not anyone chitterlings. Not everyone cleans them the same. Thanks for stopping by and watching. Have you had success with growing collards?
My hardiness zone is 6b 7a. Collards, peppers/ jalapeño, green peppers, sweet potatoes
Collards you should be able to start next month. You might be able to start sweet potatoes right now but you might be a little late. Peppers you can start right now as well just not the hot ones since they take a while to germinate and produce any fruit.
I live in Southern California. My collards have bolted due to the heat. Should I cut the tops and start over for the fall? We have cold mornings but hot afternoons and early evenings.
Yea southern Cali is hard to deal with the fall garden. Do you know what your frost dates are?
@@TheNakidGardeners I believe it's not until late November
I’m glad to find your channel. I have my greens in I think 12inch pots, 4 plants each. Is that ok? I also water them daily, is that risking root rot
What kind of pot are they? Fabric containers? If so, you can probably get away once every two days. If it is a regular container then you might wa t to check the soil before watering.
We did a video on watering last week check it out to see how we explain our watering technique.
The Nakid Gardeners they’re pots. I’ll go find the watering video now. And I need to see what fabric containers are
I need that hoodie. Great video by the way...love it. I have had a ton of luck in Virginia with collards. Good to see someone doing collards the right way.
Thanks 👍 Yea and now that we are going to be on a place with more land to grow them I am going to love the idea of planting more for this Thanksgiving. I think we are going to grow more creole collards though.
How do you like your collards? and which season do you normally eat them in?
Growing my first collard greens this year
What hardiness zone are you in?
We planted our collard greens the beginning of April and we are in Georgia very near Atlanta.They have been growing about six weeks now.My greens are very big now and I always hear that you should wait until the first frost which is a long way off. My question is can I harvest my greens now?
YES! harvest them. You do not have to wait until the first frost. Collards are frost hardy and normally do not like to be grown in any weather above 75 degrees. I am surprised your collards have not started bolting (going to flower). Once it goes to flower the flavor changes.
Are you growing in the shade or direct sunlight?
Partial sun and shade. It has been unusually cool mostly this spring and wet. I was thinking my greens may be tough
@@catherineatkins1989 your greens should be fine as long as the temps are not more than 75 degrees.
What other things are you growing right now?
@@TheNakidGardeners We have quite a few vegetables in our garden. We are in growing tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini, cucumbers 3 types of peppers, and egg plants. We are also growing cabbage, okra, beans, carrots and a few other vegetables. Question: basically it is best to plant collards and cabbage in the fall?
@@catherineatkins1989 cabbage, kale, cole crops like broccoli, cauliflower, and brassicas and some herbs are best when grown in the fall. We [zone 8a] start ours fall crops around Sept
Your video was awesome. I'm new to gardening and would like to know where you got your seeds or seedlings from? Pleaseee help, I need these in my life 😂😂
Thank you for your feedback. We normally get most of our seeds from the big box stores, Botanical Interest, Baker Creek, Migardeners, and Mauro Seeds.
Do you know what hardiness zone you are in?
@@TheNakidGardeners I live in zone 7a Delaware. Never heard of those stores🤣🤦🏽♀️
@@lakishaholland1260 most of those you can order online.
My husband accidentally bought “cabbage” greens when I sent him to get cabbage plants, of course I kept them but I’ve never dealt with this variety of greens. Would you say they are processed the same way? Love your channel!
Collards stems are woodier or stalkier than any other greens. We did a follow up video on how to cook them just vegan style.
If you are not into plant-based meals you can do the following:
boil some smoke meat (pork tails are the best) however you can do turkey wings, necks, etc. cover the meat and cover until meat falls of the bone.
add one onion. three cloves of garlic ( we do a LOT of garlic)
remove the stems of the greens (watch the video we did on how to cut the greens) and add to pot with some red and orange peppers.
bring down to a simmer until greens are nice and tender or to your texture liking.
we normally cook this overnight for Thanksgiving morning.
just before serving add some olive oil and a cap full of distill vinegar
Does that same plant that you cut back grow next year or do you replant them yearly?
It all depends on what hardiness zone you are in. We are in zone 8a and possibly can grow these up until May if the temps can stay under 75 degrees.
What hardiness zone are you in?
Thank you for sharing your methods! I just started growing leafy greens (collards, kale, and lettice) and I'm so excited to learn how to keep it going. Appreciate you!
Best way to keep them going throughout the season. kale, depending on the hardiness zone, you can grow almost all year round.
Was wondering how long the growing season is for collards and kale.
The growing season truly depends on your growing zone. Do you know what your zone is?
Can you start eating some of the leaves before the 1st frost? Do you have to remove them after the 1st frost? My first year growing and they are huge, just not sure when we can start getting some off and eat
Yes you can start eating the leaves whenever you like. After the first frost they are have a cripser flavor to them. Most collard can grow all thru the spring and part of the summer
@@TheNakidGardeners thank you
@@sandywoolard4790 you are so welcome. We are goinng to be doing a LIVE broacast next Saturday at 4pm CST. If you have any other questions we can answer them there
Why didn't you pull the whole plant out? you saving the bottom to grow next year?
We were only demonstrating for the video. We wind up taking them all out due to the renovation of the new backyard garden.
We are doing a LIVE this Saturday at 4pm CST. If you have more questions you can ask us LIVE. Hope to see you there. Thanks for watching and have a blessed day.
What exactly do you do for insects? Losing lots of leaves to bug's
We have a playlist that deals with different types of pest control in the garden: ruclips.net/p/PL94dIbp2wpGiDbb1H-XtgQ1E4pNO1QbWW
Great video! I am having a hard time with cabbage worms feasting on my collards. They are eating whole leaves. I'm so frustrated. I'm in zone 6a. Seeing all of this destruction doesn't encourage me to want to continue. I am clearly not doing something right. I have tried the Neem oil but I'm not sure if I added the dish soap. I have also added diatomaceous earth after my Neem Oil application. I'm growing my veggies in fabric containers. Any suggestions/solutions are more than welcomed.
Sorry to hear that. Please do not get discouraged about gardening due to the pest issues. How long have you been gardening? Collards most likely are being attacked by different pest. The are either the white cabbage moth aka cabbage worms or some type of caterpillar or slugs/snails. Hard to tell without looking at the picture of the crop. Use a BT spray. Depending on how had your crops are, you will have to remove all of the damaged leaves, spray it once a day for 7-10 days (test spray first). Then just spray once a week.
Check out our playlist on Pest Control: ruclips.net/p/PL94dIbp2wpGiDbb1H-XtgQ1E4pNO1QbWW
@@TheNakidGardeners This is my second year planting collards in MI. Is BT initials for something or is that the actual name of the product? Would Home Depot or Lowes have that? Thanks for responding!
I got distracted by the hoodie. But my Collards are about 2 ft long they are also Georgia Collard. I am in Georgia. Th stems are a foot by themselves. So I need to shear the down to base? When will they grow back. This is my first year. The are in a garden box. Thank you for the videos!
You don't have to cut them down if you don't want to. We tend to let a few plants go to seed and save for the next growing season.
If you do eventually cut them down they will grow back some and some will just decompose and feed the soil.
What got you interested in growing your own food this year?
@@TheNakidGardeners Several reason. I have been wanting to practice as part of my self care. I'm a counselor and it feels good to be outside. I feel like I can grow most of my veggies and fruit eventually. I'm growing garlic, onions, tomatoes, okra. I also have a lemon lime cocktail tree (purchased that last month). The pandemic really was a wake up. I want to be more self sufficient when it comes to the food we eat for my family. Thank you for asking.
Btw, I eat the stems and cook them as if they were celery. They are very tasty and not bitter. I also wanted to let you know I got 4 harvest from my bolted collards that are grown in containers.
That is awesome. We have our fall starts ready to be transferred however we don't have our beds built yet.
Are you doing a another fall garden this year?
@@TheNakidGardeners I am not sure. I have been growing purple bell peppers, collards, kale, watermelon, strawberries, basil and cherry tomatoes. Just when I think I have gotten to the end of the season, I have to harvest again. It's a full-time job when you are doing it by yourself. I'm sticking with what I have for now until they stop growing.
Btw, great video and advice
@@butterflykatg4497 that is great that you know your limitations. Keep up the good work. Happy gardening
U can add some salt, vinegar, or baking soda, to your cleaning water n it draws out pests n disenfects ur greens well. ....... Marsha.
Thanks for the tips!
Let's grow together! Thank you for video, very helpful and appreciated!
Thought gonna show us grow them more but just cut them especially sound so imbalance.
If you want us to show you how to grow them we can. However, it is quite easy to grow. Place seed in moist seed starting mix with high lumen and Kelvin lighting. Within a week your seeds should be sprouting.
@@TheNakidGardeners i already plant but winter coming so these roots come back spring? I have no seed. I cut near root n eat leave then i stick stock back ground hope they will grow into new plant. I cut colard green thin them steam bottom tray and put other on top then sprinkle soy sauce with chilly taste amazing.
This was on my timeline so I must be catching up 🤩 Thanks for sharing your wonderful collard greens!
This was an oldie but goodie. We were growing a lot in that small little backyard
The leaves look healthy. How do you keep the white moths off?
Spray BT on the brassicas weekly and after it rains. What all you growing right now?
Do the ones you cut completely off come back? What should I be doing now when it's almost spring zone 7. I have 4 that's been going since last summer. Most are super small, two are tall, and one flowering. I was coming here to see if it's ok to let it flower.
You can let it flower and collect the seeds.
The ones that are small? Are the in shade? Getting enough water? In small containers? Getting fertilizer regularly?
To answer what should you do now question. You can start planning for spring. Find out your last frost date, go back 6-8 weeks and start seeds from the back of the seed package.
The ones that we cut off completely will decompose and be food for the microorganisms
Thankyou. Yes they are pretty little flowers, low to the ground, as big as my hands. I didnt fertilize much (molasses), I also planted them with organic matter. I just put mushroom soil on top. They are in shade when the the leaves of the tree comes back. Will they be edible later. I already got some new starts, I dont want to make the same mistake. Will the one that flowered continue to live? Oh yea! Let's grow together.
@@saxpoobielex7769 mushroom soil or mushroom compost? Even though collards are shade tolerant they still need sun to get those nice big leaves. Next year try growing Creole Collards. The leaves are huge and flavourful.
Once any plant goes to flower it changes the taste. Might as well and let it continue to flower and go to seed. The bees are going to love them.
@@TheNakidGardeners Mushroom compost. Thanks for the help.
@@saxpoobielex7769 anytime. Thanks for stopping by and watching
Growing collard greens in my pot pots..ha ha
We are growing them in just about everything this year. lol
Nice video bro 👌 just starting my own garden thx
Thanks for the feedback. What hardiness zone are you in and what are you growing now?
@@TheNakidGardeners I'm in Cali.... I'm at a basic state in my gardening musters cabbage, zucchinis... Bunch of fruit trees tho... Desert lite climate but good soil
Im sorry i kno this vid is 3 yrs old now but may i ask what u do with the stems still in the ground after you've harvested the whole plant? Will leaving it there cause it to try to grow again next season or do u till it over or remove it completely? Im VERY new to all this (as in ive just hit the end of my very growing season ever) and this is my favorite video on collards harvesting on the whole internet 😅
The stem will act as carbon going back into the soil to feed the microbes that are in the soil. We have a playlist on collards and in that video have an updated way to harvest collards. What got you into gardening?
@@TheNakidGardeners ooh i see!! I will Definitely Need to go see the new vids!! Thank u for telling me! my dads building an off the grid home and i wanted to find a way to help so he said i could try starting up some plants so we can have a better start knowing what we're doing when we get out there 😅
@@1star_god Definitely learn your growing zone, and your frost dates as you begin. Good luck! We're here for any questions. Many of our followers follow us on Instagram and it is a direct way to ask us questions, we love to help.
I cut the flowers off my second year collards and now there's just more flowers popping out instead of one on the plant now there's four should I keep on cutting them off?????
No. Let them go to flower. Collect the seeds. Replant them for the fall season. What is your hardiness zone?
@@TheNakidGardeners 6-7 im in new Jersey jus didnt want them to get sour
@@newwavepressure6478 yea let them go to seeds. Collect and start in August for new seeds.
You can feel the culture everytime the greens splash in the water
A lot of history in them collards
Thank you so much for this video! How do you keep insects off of your collards?
You are so welcome. We do a routine pest maintenance on our garden every Tuesday. Fertilize every Friday. Water every other day, or when necessary. Prune every Thursday.
Get you a schedule that it is easy to follow.
Hi, I love in NE Florida zone 9A, and want to know if you cut the stem, will they grow back? It is February now, and need to move my plants to a different bed. Thanks!
Sometimes they will depending on the sunlight. If you haven't done it already, just cut off the outer most leaves to keep the plant growing strong
@@TheNakidGardeners I have, thanks. So how do I know when the plant is done growing, or will it continue to grow? Will I need to stake them?
@@cindybearmusic well if you have some compost or some worm casting see if you can top dress the soil around it. see if you have any new growth after four weeks. If the sun hits it, it should. Start some new plants in the meanwhile for backup
@@TheNakidGardeners ok sounds good. Thanks for your video. It really helped!
Interesting....I've never used hot water to clean my greens before. Mostly warm water.
I love ❤ collards and all others!
Let's grow together! ❤
Sounds great! Depends on what we are doing for them. Lately, we use cold or warm water and allow them to soak longer. How do you cook your greens?
@@TheNakidGardeners I have boiled them over the years-stems and all. Lately I've been steaming my greens, long enough to where the leaves aren't soggy but the stems are still tender. I cook them plain then add salt, pepper and butter to taste on my own plate.
Happy Farming and God bless!
Thank you. I went ahead and planted the collard seeds directly. We’ll see what happens.
That is awesome good luck.
You're right! It's imperative to wash those greens well. Let's grow together.
So many people will miss that important step. I even have seen people wash them after they cut and shred them. Which I don't understand because you are not sure if you got all of the dirt and bugs off by that way. Thank you for subscribing. Don't forget to share this video and watch my other videos.
The Nakid Gardeners how do you store the leaves every time you cut them
@@TheNakidGardeners How did you know which ones to just take leaves from and which ones to cut out entirely. Please answer, my Collards resemble yours but I'm not sure if it's time to harvest...
@@Ms.Byrd68 You can pick collards leaves at any time. We actually picked all of these after the videos since we needed to clear space for our new garden beds we installed. If you have IG, you can take a picture of them and tag us in it.
@@TheNakidGardeners Baby brother all I have is a 'cheap' AT&T phone but I will get with my son, I think I can take a picture and email it to you at your channel email address but it won't be today. Thank you so much for answering, I'm in Houston and the 80 degree weather we've been having has me worried about my Collards, lettuce & Cabbage plants. They are pretty big but I don't have 'Heads' yet on my Cabbage yet. I cook Collards, but this is the first time I ever planted them, lol!
Great video. I just harvested my first set of collards.
Oh wow this late into the season? What hardiness zone are you in?
@@TheNakidGardeners I've had to use a fungicide/pesticide soap to keep off the caterpillars. How do you fight these bugs that make the collards leaves look like swiss cheese?
@@jhogan1960 use BT spray. We did a video on it. It is on pest control. Works wonders
Let's grow together! Very informative video!!
Love this! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to get my garden rolling. What's the best time to plant?
It all depends on your hardiness zone and what youre trying to plant.
What is your hardiness zone? What do you want to plant?
I'm in zone 8 and looking to plant collards. Did I miss my window?
@@heatherangelo5796 you can direct sow collard. They will bolt once the heat gets above about 85 degrees. Here in north Texas that will be about June.
Brassicas love cool weather and very frost tolerant.
Wow beautiful greens, but in La we would wash our greens several times, and if they were really dirty we put a little salt and vinegar in the water. Truthfully I prefer not to eat greens or chitterlings from unknowns.
I can dig that lol
I stopped at chitlins. I can't. Collards - yes.
BLAHAHAHAHA I grew up on those. Just can't eat anyone's chitlins now though lol.
How do you cook your collards?
@@TheNakidGardeners I use smoked turkey neck or turkey wings, cook that in water to flavor the water then add the collards, red pepper flakes and a touch of apple cider vinegar and let is cook down. SO GOOD!!!
@@FemmefitalefitclubTV Apple cider vinegar huh? Interesting. Ma Dukes use to put smoked turkey butter or pig tails in with collards.
I've been garden for about 20 yrs off and on. Couldn't find a good place to put where something would grow. But I found a good place this year.
Well welcome back to gardening. There is ALWAYS a place to plant something. What did you plant?
I like your pullover 😂😂😂
It is one of my favorite shirts to wear in the fall
Let's grow together!!!!$😎🌱🥗💚✌🏽
Thanks. Im glad this was helpful for you
Do you remember what size pot you used for the greens?
I believe these were in a 16" terracotta pot. This year we are going to be growing them in 20 gal fabric containers. The terracotta gets dry and you have to constantly be watering them which will increase the chance of root rot. In the fabric contianers, you still have to water just not as much and the fabric allows the plants to air prune so it decreases the chance of root rot.
How to plant collar and when
We normally start the seeds 6-8 weeks prior to our first frost
Thanks for a clear example of how to harvest and cut the collards. We have 6 plants here and we are trying to learn as much as we can. I have 1 question. When you cut through the stem and took the entire top of the plant, does it grow new leaves? Thank you!
Six plants? Right Now? What is your growing zone? I am not sure how often it happens, however, when the frost hit our garden in Feb we just cut off where it was still green, and leaves form back on some of our veggies. They were not as big as they should have been however they were edible.
We're in zone 6A.
@@forty-levenfarms8044 ahhh ok. You'll enjoy them the. Before the 75 degrees or higher temps comes thru
Thanks for the video! Do you need to blanch them or do anything special before freezing them in ziploc?
We never gotten that far. By the time we are harvesting them, they are being cooked and consumed.
I will try that method this year and do a follow up video on it to see how it goes.
I read that freezing them uncooked,they will be ok for 3 months,blanching before freezing extends the freezer life to 9 months.... hope this helps.
@@alisontoms4986 thank you!
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What month is collared green season end? Thank you for your informative video I have collared greens in my backyard and I would like to know when to harvest them. I live in Florida I planted them last October.
I would think that they would do well as long as the avg temps are less than 80 degrees. Other than that you should be fine. They are heavy feeders and love love love the cool
Fellow gardener here! Try Kenyan way and see if your like it! We call if sukuma wiki .
Never heard of it that way. Can you tell me more about it?
@@TheNakidGardeners just go to RUclips and search Sukuma wiki recipes there's alot of them but I do mine with garlic,tomatoes and pepper. We don't overcook to avoid killing all the nutrients! I hope it helps!
@@soinda87 ok will look some up. Thanks for the feedback and for watching. Have a blessed weekend.
I’ve grown collards for years up here in n. Indiana. Cut and come again. One plant was about 5 years old b4 I -pulled it. We luv ‘‘em with ham hocks or bacon, onion , garlic, jalapeno.. The pot liquor is the BEST with some corn bread . Good eats!
Hmmm I love that pot liquor! Now you got me hungry and I have an hour left until lunch lol
Great video man !!! Very inspirational 💯🙏🏾
Thanks for the feedback. Do you grow any collards greens?
I grow only what I eat and doing very well. Just 6 collard plants 6 tomatoes plants 2 strawberry plants 4 watermelon plants cucumber and squash 6 plants doing good for a new thing.🎉🎉🎉🎉
Only 6 collards and 2 strawberry plants? Oh wow. 6 wouldn't be enough for me nor 2 plants. Ten strawberry plants MIGHT be enough. Lol
Let’s grow together. Great job
Thanks for stopping by and watching.
Excellent video! New sub here.
Welcome aboard! ready for the fall season? Are you starting and fall seeds soon?
@@TheNakidGardeners Hi. Yes, I'm a gardener. No. Ive decided I'll be starting next year for my vegetables and fruits garden. I may buy a strawberry plant or two this season. My flowers is what I'm working with this season. Wondering Jew, Crown of Thorns, Aloe, and several Oriental Lillies.
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Welcome Dapheen. Thank you for stopping by and watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. How long have you been gardening?
Thank you. I hope it’s not too late to start the seedlings. I will continue watching your videos. And that sweatshirt is right on the money! 😄
It all depends on your hardiness zone and what you want to plant. For our zone we can still plant a few tomatoes, sweet to mild peppers, eggplants, okra, squash, melons, and cukes, bush beans, and some heat-tolerant herbs.
What do you want to plant and what is your hardiness zone?
Where do you live? I live in Northeast Louisiana I just planted 2 beds of collards from seed. They came up in 2dys. Now is a perfect time here. I cleared my beds of 5 bellpeper, 7 tomato plants, spinach, okra,and green beans to make room for collards. I left my 14ft tomato plant up because its still producing and I cant bring myself to cut it down yet LOL! I'll give it 1 more month and then ill chop it down. The stem is thick like a tree limb and the roots are very deep! That plant made it through hurricane Laura! We were watching from the house betting to see if it would fall it never did LOL! I used iron fence post and hammered them deep in the ground 2dys before the storm. Neighbors were riding by blowing they horn while I was hammering them in wishing me luck LOL! Not going to lie I talked to it, thanked it for ALL the great meals and gave it a kiss goodbye!
We're in North Dallas... It is coming into its favorite season now! 😊
Thank you so much. I will try and if nothing works, I’ll try again next year.
Best of luck!
Great informative video friends. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome. Thanks for stopping by and watching.
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we have the same name ! can't wait to harvest my collards in the next couple of weeks
Just spelled differently. #Sidney
We should be harvesting ours around Thanksgiving. I cannot wait.
Good video . My questions is so that the collars green continue to grow would I start picking all the lower leaves first? Thank You
Yes the oldest leaves first if you want to continue to harvest them. We started some last year that are still growing. Luckily we had them under shaded area so they didn't bolt and go to flower.
Forget the collar greens... I want your sweatshirt now!!! Lol
I came for the info. Subscribed just for that sweatshirt!! Lol💖💖💖
🤣🤣..... Thank you so much for coming through and understanding why it is my favorite sweatshirt! 😅
@@TheNakidGardeners Blessings your way. Your video made my day! Shame we can only give one thumbs up 💖💖💖
I like those collards too. I've yet to taste chitlens but am wanting to. I'm going to have to hit my friends up when they're cooking them.
It's hard to find good chitlins these days!
Thank you for telling me how I can freeze any extras for later. I appreciate you.
Thank you. I'm glad you the video was helpful
I enjoyed your video I clean my greens in cold water with salt or baking powder and rinse a number of times the last rinse to get rid of the salt and cook the for about three hours 🎉🎉
Sounds good. So you like a little crunch to your greens too huh?
I have collard green stems that are 5 ft tall. Can I prune or cut back the stem? Someone told me I can cut the stem to 2 1/2 ft, them scrape the stem and the leaves will grow back. Is this true?
I never heard of scrapping the stems and it growing back. If you have a lot of plants. I would try on to see if it works.
We usually harvest it all by Dec to late Jan because we have to prep the beds for the following season. Doesn't hurt to try.
Bro, drop the music please, it's not necessary for this video but your music volume is so much louder than the voice so I had to turn it way up just to hear you , then the music came on and just about blew out my speakers.
😅🤣😂....this video was way before we understood that. We've gotten better in the past 3 years ooops
Wow he’s great!!!
Haha I dont know about great but thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video. If you want to see more make sure you hit the subscribe button. We do videos weekly
Do you have to plant them in a mound?
No we had made too much potting mix and did not have enough containers so we just made a mound and transplanted the collards in the mound to see if they would grow. lol
@@TheNakidGardeners thank you!
I live in North Alabama. When to plant collard greens and cabbage??
6-8 weeks before your first frost. To find your frost dates go to Farmers Almanac and type in your zip code.
Btw! what is the name of the song? thank you!
I wish I knew. It was in the RUclips music library.
Good video, but needs louder volume like the music.
Sorry about that Yes this was our first year doing videos and trying to get better with each one. As you can see on a few of our latest ones we have improved. (hopefully :-)
Omg I love your sweatshirt! Merch that one!
Thank you. I can't wait to wear it again in that perfect weather lol
why is there a need to play music, especially when it's bad
@bayboy0857 i think it was because i was editing it and not you. Do you upload videos?
Am I the only one that likes the “meaty stem”,… lol, I always cook it too I never throw it away
It depends who I'm cooking it for. If it was just for me I would and cook them al dente. Reason why I love the hardy texture of collards.
Where can I cop that hoodie doe? Love that slogan! Hahaha
Mrs. NG got it for me our first year gardening I believe. She found it on an IG ad while scrolling through pictures. lol
Are you a Kappa?
No I am not a Kappa. Why do you ask?
@@TheNakidGardeners It looked like you were making a Kappa sign.
I need that hoodie!!
Haha thanks. I don't know where Mrs NG got that hoodie from.
@@TheNakidGardeners Thanks you both are great.
So is this the start of a collard green tree?
@@polly8844 lol kind of. You can let them geow as long and as tall as you want them. They are very heat and cold tolerant
Digging that hoodie.
Thanks. Mrs. NG got it for me. It came in real handy and a great conversation starter at the garden center and community garden
Thanks for watching
Where did you get that hoodie!!?? Love it
I forgot where we got it from. I think it was from one of those IG sale pages. Sorry, we could not be more help.
Dang!
Im going In!
You never planted collards before?
I have a old washing machine only for washing all type green on delicate cycle after I cut them up
Oh wow. #vintage
😮😱!
I love that hoodie you have on! 😂 where is it from?
Oh man I had this hoodie now for some years and couldn't remember to save my life.
When should collards be planted for fall/winter?
It depends on your hardiness zone, what is your hardiness zone?
@@TheNakidGardeners Not sure what that is. I am a newbie. But I live in North Mississippi. Just found out the hard way about planting too late. The heat killed my first garden planted in May.
I love gardening and love collards.
We love both as well
Going to try and make them for the first tone from my garden. Good video tks
Depending on your hardiness zone you might be able to get it started off and get a few harvest. They normally take about 70 days.
Thanks for stopping by and watching
@@TheNakidGardeners they are ready to harvest. Looking at your page to cook. Thanks for your reply.
@@joanhage5952 Oh we uploaded a nice vegan smoked recipe. If you are not ready for the vegan way, you can get smoked turkey (or pork) and cover it with water. Boil until meat falls off the bone. shred meat with some onions, garlic and peppers. simmer until the texture you like. add a dash of vinegar and some extra virgin olive oil....done!
@@TheNakidGardeners Thank you! Blessings
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Why did u leave the root stem in the ground?
I left it so it could decompose and give nutrients back to the soil. We do that for a lot of our winter plants so that way the spring it be nice and ready to plant some veggies.
Ok cool i plant some collars in march and now they are big can i pick them from the bottom and leave the top are are will they be bitter and tough
At this part i dont know what to do.
@@karlmhoon what hardiness zone are you in?
6b
Indiana
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