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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: ruud on May 01, 2004, 23:02:28

Title: collards
Post by: ruud on May 01, 2004, 23:02:28
I have got some collardseeds also cold greens.How do i treat them,and is it true that collards are in fact non-heading cabbages.
Title: Re:collards
Post by: gavin on May 02, 2004, 07:54:04
Hi Ruud - afaik, just the amrican name for the non-heading cabbages we call Spring Cabbage.  All best - Gavin
Title: Re:collards
Post by: ina on May 04, 2004, 21:42:44
Hi Ruud,
This link may shed some light on the subject.
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Vegetables/CollardGreens.htm
Title: Re:collards
Post by: john_miller on May 06, 2004, 02:33:16
While it is true that collards were originally cabbage cut before heading modern varieties of collards, such as cv. 'Vates', are bred specifically to produce only leaves. They will never produce a 'cabbage' head per se but will instead run to seed.
Title: Re:collards
Post by: ruud on May 06, 2004, 22:09:38
Thanks ina for the link to this side