COLLARDS Science Page
DID YOU KNOW? CLASSIFYING COLLARDS
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GROWING COLLARDS THE COLLARD PLANT HARVESTING Today collards are grown Collards are leafy, green vegetables. COLLARDS throughout North You can harvest the America. In the north, outer leaves from the you can plant collards in bottom of the stalk as
the early spring, and soon as the collard harvest them all summer, plant is about 30 cm fall or early winter. South tall. Younger leaves of Virginia, collards will continue to grow survive the winter, and for harvesting later on. y ou can harvest y ear round.
The edible leaves and stem grow from a thick, main stem.
Collards survive freezing The plant takes 60-80 days to mature. It can reach temperatures. Frost 60 cm if left to grow. That’s higher than the knee of sweetens the flavor. an average male adult.
USES NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF COLLARDS You can eat collards raw in salads or cooked as Collards are rich in protein, minerals, and greens. Cooked greens are an vitamins A and C. They contain antioxidants important part of traditional and other substances that may reduce the cooking in the southern U.S. risk of cancer and heart disease. They are becoming more and 1 cup of chopped ... calcium as 5/6 more popular in other collards has the cup of milk parts of the same amount of ... country as well. ... vitamin A as 1/2 a large carrot
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