Im in zone 6b/7a and I start my collards from seed in Sept and let them go all fall thru the winter and when spring comes they wake up and finish what they started in the fall! Best crop ever this way for me. Zero pests and harvest galore! I use my collards as my cover crop to keep my beds looking loved all winter. Snow doesnt faze them either!
Same here City-Wide... in my early year of gardening I kept trying to force growing brassicae in the summer, but found that's when I struggled the most with pestilence. Every since shifting to a Sept-June grow cycle, the collards, kale, broccoli and cabbage have flourished.
You gave some nice tips, but you had a lot of holes in your greens. You can also use some netting over all your greens too. That, keeps out the cabbage moth.
You talk real. I appreciate that. Thank you. I'm in zone 10a Florida. I am still trying to work out getting stuff in the seed trays at the right time. I am noticing our aphids are a bit busier and one tiny moth worm wrapped up in a leaf the other day. Each season is a bit better because of teachers like you.
❤ ❤ ❤I live in Miami Dade Florida and I hade a collard greens 🥬 tree because it stood 6 feet t tall and the leaves 🍃 was huge, the first tree got so heavy I had to chop it down, I also got babies from the stalk of the collard greens which never went to seed and then another tree just as tall and believe it or it grew into a fan shape and one day it split so I took some babies again from the stalk and planted them,and friends was shocked 😳 because I never had worms 🐛 to eat my greens 🥬 and I grew them in a five gallon bucket 🪣 and I had so many greens that my family and friends enjoyed, now my baby greens 🥬 are about knee high , when I fertilize it’s with my kitchen scraps,I’m enjoying your video keep it up 👍 ❤Amen God bless ALL gardeners 😊
Omgggg I’m so jealous! I’m in Tampa I have bought so many cuttings from California but it didn’t make it I finally give up. that is my dream to have a collard tree. Would you sell me a cutting? I’m thinking maybe better because you were in Florida also rather than California. And I just can’t believe it. Everybody calls me a green thumb, and I have spent so much money on on the Cutting
Great videos! 2:50 If you want to direct sow, you can buy 32oz plastic soup food containers to cover the newly sown seeds. They act like mini individual greenhouses. Just cut a hole in the top of them for venting and watering. With the 32oz size, the plants can grow quite large before outgrowing the container. This also helps to prevent cutworms. Just twist the base down into the soil a a few inches after sowing the seeds.
Thanks! I’ve tried for three years to grow collards but pests always destroy everything. Since this is my favorite vegetable I’m not giving up! This means war!! Silly pests. Thanks again Sir.
Hi there, first time viewer here as I usually watch Greg and his son Travis at Hoss or Lazy Dog farm. I just wanted to share a new tip I just discovered on how to de-stem the mature leaves before cooking. I saw a sharp metal edge pizza cutter this morning at Dollar Tree. I thought that might be sharp enough to place on a piece of plywood as cutting board ( I had some 20" Squares already) and make fast work of cutting stems. I just tried it and it works great, so feel free to try it and share in a video.
I just watched a RUclips video about starting collards indoors !!!! Your video is expanding my collards awareness !!!! Thanks for your time and energy and expertise !!!!
One of the best fertilizers out there is fish. I like going out and catching a whole bunch of Brim, and the small ones we freeze whole. And when I go to put out my plants, I dig my holes and drop a fish into each hole, then come back and cover them with a good handful of lime. This keeps the smell down so no wild critter tries to dig them up. Then I'll put about a half a handful of bloodmeal and then cover the hole with the dirt that I dug up earlier. And next I'll stick my hand down about half way to my palm, then put in my plant and water. And you won't have to fertilize for quite some time. Hope this helps you.
I’d like to have the brims on my table with the collards, greens and cornbread with baked sweet potatoes, I haven’t had brims in decades, where do you fish for them?
Thanks great tips. We're in zone 10 southern CA so we planted our about 6 weeks ago and we had our first small picking. Yikes, where have these been all my life. Simply the best tasting veggie we ever grew. I'm growing mine in a 8 x 8 cage of wire mesh 1/2" x 1/2". Same below ground cage 24" down. Keeps out the raccoons, possums, gophers and crows. Seems many of these critters love southern CA. Thanks Mr Super Human Gardener.
I’m a Carolina girl too. Here in Houston Texas. Just found this video trying to grow collards in a raised bed. Nothing but clay dirt in the ground here.
Thanks for the tips. This was my first fall/winter season for collards and they were pretty successful. I will incorporate some of your suggestions. The one thing I'd like to add is I have created a compost bin and utilize that along with a 1-time time-release vegetable fertilizer. I did not need to re-fertilize during the growing season. If you considered making your own compost bin you'll save $$ on commercial fertilizer and have a more organic crop and repurpose most of the food that gets thrown in the trash that can be used to grow your new veggies and fruits naturally.
Thank you for telling me that I just had my car in a small little area I didn't know you had to put them two feet apart😮 I just learned something new about thank you so much so much😊
I just wanna let you know I learned so much from you. All I remember at a child is working with my dad in the garden not asking questions. My collard greens and tomatoes are the best Thanks from ZONE 7
Just saw your channel on my side bar. Your tips were very helpful. I've been eating collards all my life and never knew there were varieties until I started my first fall mini garden this year in Florida. I bought starter plants and discovered many. Thanks for sharing the tips. Be Blessed
love this video! I grow Alabama Blue collard trees in Southern California, and they are way more resistant to cabbage moths than other collards out here
Thanks so much for all your information. I just started growing collards this year and this is so helpful. They are lovely plants. I live in Newfoundland Canada and a lot of people I meet never heard of collards and I tell them how tasty they are. Now I can tell them about your video.
I'm researching ideas for my very first garden and I was very pleased with your insightful and informative video. Thank you so much for all this great information.
Awesome information 🤓 I'm growing the tree collards and a couple of Georgia collards. I'll be looking for the 1:57 top bunching collards. Thanks for sharing!
Urine is free but it is absolutely the strongest fertilizer you can get. If you don't dilute it with a whole lot of water it'll kill your plants fast as lightning. It was always saved up and used in ancient times.
@@lakayladumas4793 the urine is collected in containers like large milk or vinegar bottles then poured around the root ball of the tree or plant. Never on the fruits or leaves of edible food. Sometimes diluted. If you don’t want any evidence of your fertilizer around and you have privacy outdoors … go for it.
I planted about five tree collards in 5 gallon buckets a few months ago. They are doing great. I'm sure I'll need to stake them at some point. The best greens that I've tasted are the cabbage collards.
Organic Pesticide Mixture- Neem oil 1 tsp, baking soda 2-3tsp, organic hand or liquid soap 10 drps,, 1 liter of water in spray bottle, shake well. Or Shavings of Irish spring soap to keep pests or rodents out
Also thank you for sharing your expertise, I’ve always wanted this information, my family grew them all year round but being foolish and not interested, I never asked how they did what they did to feed us. This is one of the many food that keeps your family from going hungry, again thanks.
Thanks for this excellent video. Thanks for also taking detailed notes of your gardening experiences. Fish fertilizer is a cat magnet. Cats tend to become very destructive looking for the actual fish. How do you keep cats out of your garden?
I'm the New guy, listening and learning.
Im in zone 6b/7a and I start my collards from seed in Sept and let them go all fall thru the winter and when spring comes they wake up and finish what they started in the fall! Best crop ever this way for me. Zero pests and harvest galore! I use my collards as my cover crop to keep my beds looking loved all winter. Snow doesnt faze them either!
I’m going to try this. Thank you so much for your tip.❤
Same here City-Wide... in my early year of gardening I kept trying to force growing brassicae in the summer, but found that's when I struggled the most with pestilence. Every since shifting to a Sept-June grow cycle, the collards, kale, broccoli and cabbage have flourished.
This is exactly what I’m doing right now. 😊
Zone 6, they will survive through winter as young plants? Any coverings through winter?
WOW snow doesn't bother them,really good to know...
I use Neem oil and dawn dish soap in a sprayer seems to keep bugs away and off my plants
You gave some nice tips, but you had a lot of holes in your greens. You can also use some netting over all your greens too. That, keeps out the cabbage moth.
moth gotta eat too
@@rpcrazy True, but the moth lays eggs that produce green worms, and they will devour your greens. But not mine.
@@ReasonsWhy5Most definitely,keep netting...
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You talk real. I appreciate that. Thank you. I'm in zone 10a Florida. I am still trying to work out getting stuff in the seed trays at the right time. I am noticing our aphids are a bit busier and one tiny moth worm wrapped up in a leaf the other day. Each season is a bit better because of teachers like you.
❤ ❤ ❤I live in Miami Dade Florida and I hade a collard greens 🥬 tree because it stood 6 feet t tall and the leaves 🍃 was huge, the first tree got so heavy I had to chop it down, I also got babies from the stalk of the collard greens which never went to seed and then another tree just as tall and believe it or it grew into a fan shape and one day it split so I took some babies again from the stalk and planted them,and friends was shocked 😳 because I never had worms 🐛 to eat my greens 🥬 and I grew them in a five gallon bucket 🪣 and I had so many greens that my family and friends enjoyed, now my baby greens 🥬 are about knee high , when I fertilize it’s with my kitchen scraps,I’m enjoying your video keep it up 👍 ❤Amen God bless ALL gardeners 😊
Omgggg I’m so jealous! I’m in Tampa I have bought so many cuttings from California but it didn’t make it I finally give up. that is my dream to have a collard tree. Would you sell me a cutting? I’m thinking maybe better because you were in Florida also rather than California. And I just can’t believe it. Everybody calls me a green thumb, and I have spent so much money on on the Cutting
I’m in Miami Dade also. I’m new to gardening and trying figure the best time to start my seeding.
You had me at the overalls. Trust the overalls. Those guys KNOW how to garden. My Dad wore them everyday except going to church.
I like the Georgia collards. They cook very quick and can tolerate Florida fall
Those Georgia’s taste pretty good too
I’m in Alabama and I grow Georgia collards
When do you start your seeding? I’m in Miami Dade and new to gardening.
Great videos!
2:50 If you want to direct sow, you can buy 32oz plastic soup food containers to cover the newly sown seeds. They act like mini individual greenhouses. Just cut a hole in the top of them for venting and watering. With the 32oz size, the plants can grow quite large before outgrowing the container. This also helps to prevent cutworms. Just twist the base down into the soil a a few inches after sowing the seeds.
Cabbage collards and mustard greens are my favorite
I’m out in my garden every day. I have been a gardener since I was a little girl. Learned many things from my grandmother and neighbors.
Thanks! I’ve tried for three years to grow collards but pests always destroy everything. Since this is my favorite vegetable I’m not giving up! This means war!! Silly pests. Thanks again Sir.
To keep bugs off of greens put a net over them.
I use Diatomaceous Earth Food grade...
I spray mine with neem
A lot of good “take-aways” there Bro…I appreciate You…Salute!!!🍃🍃🍃
Hi there, first time viewer here as I usually watch Greg and his son Travis at Hoss or Lazy Dog farm. I just wanted to share a new tip I just discovered on how to de-stem the mature leaves before cooking. I saw a sharp metal edge pizza cutter this morning at Dollar Tree. I thought that might be sharp enough to place on a piece of plywood as cutting board ( I had some 20" Squares already) and make fast work of cutting stems. I just tried it and it works great, so feel free to try it and share in a video.
The squirrel cartel in my neighborhood is no joke!
Ha ha ha
😂😂😂
I just watched a RUclips video about starting collards indoors !!!! Your video is expanding my collards awareness !!!! Thanks for your time and energy and expertise !!!!
One of the best fertilizers out there is fish. I like going out and catching a whole bunch of Brim, and the small ones we freeze whole. And when I go to put out my plants, I dig my holes and drop a fish into each hole, then come back and cover them with a good handful of lime. This keeps the smell down so no wild critter tries to dig them up. Then I'll put about a half a handful of bloodmeal and then cover the hole with the dirt that I dug up earlier. And next I'll stick my hand down about half way to my palm, then put in my plant and water. And you won't have to fertilize for quite some time. Hope this helps you.
I keep hearing how well the fish does in the garden. I heard someone say that they use some sort of lime powder to mask the smell
I’ve heard molasses can mask the smell too
I use fish emulsion on all my vegetable plants. I get from wally world.
I’d like to have the brims on my table with the collards, greens and cornbread with baked sweet potatoes, I haven’t had brims in decades, where do you fish for them?
@@SallyWilson-gd6krMe too!
Thanks great tips. We're in zone 10 southern CA so we planted our about 6 weeks ago and we had our first small picking. Yikes, where have these been all my life. Simply the best tasting veggie we ever grew. I'm growing mine in a 8 x 8 cage of wire mesh 1/2" x 1/2". Same below ground cage 24" down. Keeps out the raccoons, possums, gophers and crows. Seems many of these critters love southern CA. Thanks Mr Super Human Gardener.
I should do a lot better with collards next year with these tips, thank you!
Just found your channel and really got a lot of new insights into growing. I'm a new subscriber now. Thank you.
Thanks for the great information and the awesome presentation. we love eating raw collard greens and gardening.
That onion tip was a brand new one for me. Thank you
Thanks very much for this lesson on collards. I love growing them and eating them!
Amazing video of a Carolina girl that lives in Texas. A lot of the varieties I’ve never heard of. Now I’m excited. Thank you 🙏
I’m a Carolina girl too. Here in Houston Texas. Just found this video trying to grow collards in a raised bed. Nothing but clay dirt in the ground here.
WOW, JUST WOW! ❤❤❤
Thanks for the tips. This was my first fall/winter season for collards and they were pretty successful. I will incorporate some of your suggestions. The one thing I'd like to add is I have created a compost bin and utilize that along with a 1-time time-release vegetable fertilizer. I did not need to re-fertilize during the growing season. If you considered making your own compost bin you'll save $$ on commercial fertilizer and have a more organic crop and repurpose most of the food that gets thrown in the trash that can be used to grow your new veggies and fruits naturally.
Thank you for telling me that I just had my car in a small little area I didn't know you had to put them two feet apart😮 I just learned something new about thank you so much so much😊
I just wanna let you know I learned so much from you.
All I remember at a child is working with my dad in the garden not asking questions.
My collard greens and tomatoes are the best
Thanks from ZONE 7
Thank you for the tips! I'll make sure to use them! Cabbage worms got most of mine this year. Next year, I will be better prepared.
This was a very simple but effective explanation of growing veggies with great results. Thank you for the breakdown Sir.
Just saw your channel on my side bar. Your tips were very helpful. I've been eating collards all my life and never knew there were varieties until I started my first fall mini garden this year in Florida. I bought starter plants and discovered many.
Thanks for sharing the tips.
Be Blessed
Great video! I'm in zone 5b as well. New to the area. I'm growing Georgia collards and mustard greens. I've companion planted bunching onions.
Geez… 😮
Right to the mouth! Yum! Beautiful plants!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
This was really helpful. I am going to make sure I keep good notes for next season. Thanks.
Great video man. Trying to learn how to grow these for all my Brazillian friend's.love from Ireland 👍💯
The collards and kale looking real good brother 👍🏾
Thanks
Thank you. Just learned a lot from your instructions.
The pest pressure is a real problem if one is growing collards year round. Very helpful tip to keep it seasonal. Thank you!
Great information!!👍Thanks!!
Thanks for the most helpful collard green top information, thank you from ZONE 7B/8A.
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Great informative video!
Growing Georgia Southern this fall. South Louisiana. Thanks for the tips and info.
Thanks . Clear and concise!
Thank you 🤴🏾 king great information stay blessed 😇
I live in an apartment so I am going to start my in a bucket
love this video! I grow Alabama Blue collard trees in Southern California, and they are way more resistant to cabbage moths than other collards out here
New Subscriber. Keep the videos coming
Awesome tips. I joined the ADAPT seed trial and will use your tips to grow collards thank you
Glad i found your channel 🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬
Thanks for the information. I'm growing Ga. collards.
Great video and tips are very useful. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome
Thanks so much for all your information. I just started growing collards this year and this is so helpful. They are lovely plants. I live in Newfoundland Canada and a lot of people I meet never heard of collards and I tell them how tasty they are. Now I can tell them about your video.
Great suggestions. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for the information!!
Great video! Really helpful tips.
Thanks my man good job 👏 good information, from east coast Florida 👍
Great tips, Thank you
I love collards!
Your garden looks real good. How did you learn gardening? Did you learn it from your childhood at home?
I'm researching ideas for my very first garden and I was very pleased with your insightful and informative video. Thank you so much for all this great information.
Thanks for the helpful tips 👍
You are welcome
😂 the reading for me .. thank you 🙏🏾
Do you eventually harvest your onion and garlic that you surround them with or do you only have those specifically for the pesticide reasoning
BT works wonders keeping the cabbage moths from eating on your plants, it's also organic.
What is BT?
Great video. Tfs
Great video. Thank you for the tips. Where do you purchase your collard seeds? I use Irish spring soap to keep the pest away.
Awesome information 🤓 I'm growing the tree collards and a couple of Georgia collards. I'll be looking for the 1:57 top bunching collards. Thanks for sharing!
Saw the HOSS seed packs.....I get most of my seed from them..Great Quality.
Excellent tips
Thank you!
Thank you for the collard tip.
I never use store bought chemicals as fertilizer. Good old yard waste compost and human urine and works perfectly fine.
Amazing,never thought of urine as a fertilizer kickstart
Urine is free but it is absolutely the strongest fertilizer you can get. If you don't dilute it with a whole lot of water it'll kill your plants fast as lightning. It was always saved up and used in ancient times.
So do you just pee in your plants?
@@lakayladumas4793 the urine is collected in containers like large milk or vinegar bottles then poured around the root ball of the tree or plant. Never on the fruits or leaves of edible food. Sometimes diluted. If you don’t want any evidence of your fertilizer around and you have privacy outdoors … go for it.
I planted about five tree collards in 5 gallon buckets a few months ago. They are doing great. I'm sure I'll need to stake them at some point. The best greens that I've tasted are the cabbage collards.
Those white moths that fly around, lay eggs and then I had holes in my collards. New Subbie
Organic Pesticide Mixture- Neem oil 1 tsp, baking soda 2-3tsp, organic hand or liquid soap 10 drps,, 1 liter of water in spray bottle, shake well.
Or Shavings of Irish spring soap to keep pests or rodents out
The Irish spring did well for me with the rabbits last year
Thank you
New subscriber. N Ohio.😊
thank you, great video
Such a good video! Thank you!
Thank you, shalum!
Great information, you've got a new subscriber!
Great tips! New subbie here! 😊🌱
your video is so helpful and I thank you for it.
YES I LIVE IN 5B AND 6A MY FIRST TIME GARDENING TO FOLLOW YOU TO HELP ME. I AM THINKING ABOUT GROWING BAGS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
I got to do something with my stalks. My collards been growing about 3 seasons. They just keep coming back. We just cut a head off yesterday.
Georgia southern collards are the best they love the cold too
Also thank you for sharing your expertise, I’ve always wanted this information, my family grew them all year round but being foolish and not interested, I never asked how they did what they did to feed us. This is one of the many food that keeps your family from going hungry, again thanks.
Good 👍 video 📹 alot of helpful information and tips 👍
Where did you get your Top Bunch 2.0 seeds from. I have some. My plants are not growing straight up like yours. They must be a different variety.
Thank you. More great information I will add.
What and how do you fertilize with? Video very helpful and also in zone 5B
Hi! Thank you for this video. Do you plant the onion and garlic in a separate container?
Thank you!!!!!!
Thanks for this excellent video. Thanks for also taking detailed notes of your gardening experiences. Fish fertilizer is a cat magnet. Cats tend to become very destructive looking for the actual fish. How do you keep cats out of your garden?
Thanks for sharing! 😊👌🏽
Great information 👍🏼
Great tips! Just found your channel and I'm loving it. Where are you located? I'm in 5b too, in the Chicago area!
Great video my brother. I’m just starting out. I’m gonna take your advice.
I like your show