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Harvesting Collard Greens

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Also avoid purchasing any fertilizers that contain herbicides even if weeds are a common problem for collard greens in your area. For harvesting you can either pick the whole plant or individual leaves. How To Grow Collard Greens Learn More About The Collard Plant Keep debris and weeds away from your garden so these pests dont have a place to hide. Harvesting collard greens . If you live in an area with hot summers and mild winters plant your collard greens in the late winter or early spring for a spring crop once the soil temperature has. Collards can be planted in early spring for early summer harvest or in latesummer or early fall for a late fall harvest. Collard greens can handle quite a range of soil temperatures including light frost and will do fine in soil between 45 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the growing season. Although you can pick the leaves at any time when they reach your desired sized. Sometimes they will sprout back from the side of the stem. Colla...