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Growing Collards, also Collard greens or Borekale (Brassica sp.)

Easy to grow. Bring on in seed trays, then plant out seedlings. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
Best planted at soil temperatures between 8°C and 30°C.

For best flavor and texture, leaves should be picked before they reach their maximum size.

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Culinary hints - cooking and eating Collards

Slice and steam or use in stir-fry

Your comments and tips

05 Sep 07 jimmy williams (Unknown climate)
Collards are good and tasty - a very good vegetable to plant.
07 Jan 08 Murray Crawford (Unknown climate)
Can you tell me where i can buy collard greens seeds or plants in Australia?
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 :)
10 May 08 Dave (Unknown climate)
You can buy collard greens seeds from Brisbane Organic Growers Inc,102 McDonald Rd,Windsor,QLD.4030
03 Jul 08 Omera (Australia - tropical climate)
Can you tell me if I can buy calaloo seeds or plants in Australia? Thanks
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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