Does anyone here grow tree collards? I just planted some cuttings. From what I have read it can take up to 2 months to root. They can be perennial up to zone 7b. I have read good things about them. Some people say tree collards or tree kale. I have green cuttings that look like collards and purple cuttings that look like kale.
Tree Collard leaves are rich in calcium 226 mg per cup if cooked, vitamins A, B1, B2, B9, and C. Some say they are rich in anti-cancer properties like diindolylmethane, sulforaphane and selenium.
Here is a tree collard blog
http://treecollards.blogspot.com/
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Tree Collards
This is the Growing your gr greens guy talking about tree collards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAOMHdhQdk
Many folks espescially in Europe will know this plant as walking stick cabbage or Jersey kale. Not overly popular in North America, but several seed houses now carry it. https://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/store/product-info.php?Giant_Walking_Stick_Kale_-pid787.html http://www.tmseeds.com/product/Kale-Walking-Stick There is a hybrid version that is promoted more as the tree collard.This one is usually promulgated by cuttings. http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=VCO-3250&opt=
I have read that the tree collard rarely goes to seed and if grown from seed it will grow something different. I have the one that should be grown from cuttings.
The tree collard is a different plant than the walking stick cabbage as John Kohler explains here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xdIyIR9rVg
My tree collards are really putting out growth now. They were cuttings with no leaf or stalk growth.
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