This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: Kale & Collards

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

I can't imagine growing these brassicas at 6 or even 4 per square foot, they
get big and are rather heavy feeders. I have seen them used in tight spacing
for salad greens but in that case, they are cut when very small.

I don't have the kind of cutworms that snip seedlings at ground level, I
have the type that climb up the stem and devour huge holes in leaves and
defoliate plants. They seem too busy chomping my ornamentals to bother with
the kale and collards. The only things that really bother mine are aphids
and in fall powdery mildew.
Tom
Portland OR,  Zone 8
http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Wendt <katherine@datawizsolutions.com>
>At 9:16 AM -0800 3/25/00, CynMob@aol.com wrote:

>>Haven't tried kale, but I planted collards much closer, six per sqft, and
>>they're doing well.  I harvest as you do, keepingthem down to a manageable
>>size.  They're doing fine so far.
>
>
>Well I just put them in at one per foot. I'll see how the spring goes and
>maybe think about 4 per foot in the fall (I planted seedlings from the
>nursery which come in four-packs).
>
>I put cutworm collars on them but a closer reading of my books suggests
>that maybe I didn't have to. Has anybody had a cutworm chomp on theirs?


______________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, write to sqft-unsubscribe@listbot.com
______________________________________________________________________
Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index