Collard Seeds - Champion

BOTANICAL NAME

Brassica oleracea

LIFE CYCLE

• Annual

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

DAYS TO MATURITY

• 75 days

GROWTH HABIT

• Compact

PLANT HEIGHT

• 24 to 36 inches

COLOR

• Green

Champion is a vigorous improved Vates type collards. Very high yielding, it is also disease and frost resistant. Collards are a member of the brassica/cabbage family, and its cultivation is similar. Best grown as a fall crop, time your collards to harvest around the first frost.

• • Favorful, stays fresh for 2 weeks or more!
• • Fabulous fall crop, withstands normal winter conditions, sturdy
• • 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