Hi there,
I planted 2 collard green plants from Lowe's and they just do not look good at all. The leaves are curled, with yellow blotches and dried edges. I water my plants daily if we do not get any rain. Do they have some sort of disease? They have grown and have plenty of leaves but they all are curled with these yellow blotches. I am afraid to eat them, in case they have some nasty something or other......
Any ideas?
Thank you ........B
I hope someone answers, cuz that leaf looks like mine too. I moved them (they're in a long container) to my front porch where they get early morning sun and good evening shade. I popped he ugly leaves off and just let lt new ones grow. Hopefully I'll have a good bunch soon.
Hi there grownbyme,
I hate to tell you this is my second set of leaves! I thought like you, removed all the nasty looking ones expecting the second set to look better....unfortunately they look just as bad. The ones that are not dried out in the periphery still have those yellow, neon green, splotches through them. I don't know if it's a nutrients deficiency, a disease or what is the cause....
AuntBusy, Your leaves look really big compared to mine. all my little ones look okay now, the snails and slugs with all that rain two weeks ago probably played a part in why they look like that. I'm gonna pay more attention to them. I was so caught up in the tomatoe plant that i sorta neglected the other plants and I still lost it. Trial and error. I'm also not gonna eat the leaves if they continue to look too funny. Hope yours straighten up so you can help mine along too.
Hi Florida Folks: Collards, Kale, most lettuces, cole crops like cabbage and broccoli are winter growing crops. Its time to pull them up by the roots and toss them on the compost pile. Replant in late july-August for a new fall-winter crop.
Yep. I grew collards for the 1st time last fall, from seedlings planted outside in my EBs during Thanksgvng break. Huge, Beautiful collards cut down to a few baby leaves for Christmas dinner, then New Years dinner, and twice more until I finally cut them down when the temps got into the 70s. Then they started to bolt. Did I say Huge & Beautiful? Oh -- and not one bug on the 1st two batches I picked! Bugs started when it got warm. Linda
Hi Gymgirl! Its sad that the cabbages, kales, and collards bite the dust when it gets hot, but then you can start the summer crops - tomatoes, melons & squash and peppers. I am growing New Zealand spinach and I found some yard long beans for greens through the summer. All the cucumbers grow in the summer, too.
Hi there and thank you for posting. My problem is not with the collards bolting, it is with the strange coloration of the leaves. According to a seed packet, I bought to plant for the fall, collards can be seeded in Florida Feb-March and July-August, so my established plants bought at Lowe's, and planted end of March are within those parameters. The same does not apply to lettuces, cabbage, broccoli, I realize that, but collards are supposed to be tough. They are on their second set of leaves, no sign of bolting, the leaves are ready for picking, I am just afraid to eat them because they look so funky.
I have a few questions for Gloria, what is New Zealand Spinach like to grow, how do you prepare it, what does it taste like and what kind texture does it have?
Thanks again for your help and input ladies, good luck with your gardens.........Busy
Same for me, I bought mine from Ace Garden Shop back in the beginning of march also. When you say bolting are you saying that they start to dye back? There are alot of yards in the neighborhood with greens growing and they are so huge and pretty. I was in Green Cove Springs a few weeks ago and we got some from distant family and they were very good. I will try from seeds though again come the fall planting.
When the plant bolts the leaves will turn yellowish and try to send up flowers and seed pods. The plant will die back. If you think the plant has some disease, you could take a leaf to your county agent to get an identification.
http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/vegetable/greens/nzspinach2006-08.pdf
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