One collard green plant can grow in a 12-inch diameter container, and if you plan to grow multiple plants, double or triple the pot width.

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Collard greens are generally ready to harvest three to four weeks after planting transplants. Pick the lower, pest-free leaves that have just reached full size but are still tender.

A frost will “sweeten” collards and make the greens even tastier. Plant the seeds a few inches apart, and then thin the young plants as they grow to a spacing of 10 to 12 inches between plants.

The good news is that a traditional dedicated space is not needed to grow food.

Collard greens and traditional varieties of spinach, for example, are space eaters, not particularly well-suited to pots.

The collard greens are available fresh, growing throughout the South during winter, and the black-eyed peas that were harvested in late summer have been dried and stored for winter use.

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Collard greens are easy to grow in containers that are deep and wide. One collard green plant can grow in a 12-inch diameter container, and if you plan to grow multiple plants, double or triple ...