Collard Seeds - Vates

BOTANICAL NAME

Brassica oleracea

LIFE CYCLE

• Annual

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

DAYS TO MATURITY

• 75 days

PLANT HEIGHT

• 24 to 36 inches

COLOR

• Green

Grow Heirloom Collards - Plant Vates Collard Seeds

Very high yielding, Vates is disease and frost resistant while maturing earlier than standard collards. Dark, blue-green nutritious leaves, best to grow throughout the summer and harvest as a fall crop, timing your collards to harvest around first frost.

• • Heirloom, awesome for boiling
• • Cold Tolerant, high producer, tasty and nutritious in colder months
• • Will tolerate some shade, but prefers full sun exposure

PLANTING SEASON

• Cool Season

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/4 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 8 to 15 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• N/A - Annual