My Favorite Edible Perennial Vegetable You Should Grow in Your Garden

[@s3venvii]

Nice show. Dont like to see that so many folks that are confused about cholesterol, but the visit to the nursery was good :)

[@BobBeardTX]

Thanks for these videos. I bought purple tree collard cuttings last year and from the two that made it I now have 14 more cuttings growing. Not only will I be enjoying them, but my rabbits can't get enough of them.

[@OneYardRevolution]

John, after watching your videos for years, I finally got around to buying some tree collard cuttings from Bountiful Gardens. They're doing great in my grow room. I live in zone 5, so I'll be growing them in pots and bringing them inside in the winter.

[@Charito29NP]

Went there today, thanks for the recommendation! Grandma Parks said she wants to retire, had the place for 61 years. Bought a small green and purple collard tree. They were very helpful! Thanks for giving examples of how to eat this veggie

[@blueeyeswhitejesus]

man I love you, we spoke on the phone once about a month ago. I am getting a warehouse near my hometown and have almost 3,000 seedlings started right now and my mushroom business is just taking flight after 3 long yrs of work to get here. When I get established I would love to do a very informative and cool video with you on how my mushroom farm and vegetable/fruit production are very well connected on a crazier level than even many well educated people realize is possible.

[@woopthereitis8954]

i love centrose nursery. they do have a huge selection of plants.

[@DannyNQH]

I used to live in Gardens, I'm heading back this weekend and will definitely check this place out!

[@chiomascharm4596]

Just now finding this video and I love it. We are looking for our first house and tree collards are first on my list to get on my land (besides the many plants that I already have 😂) Thanks for sharing 💜

[@jasminealicea7751]

Never mind, I caved, I bought the one I found on a local farm website for $21 and it's crazy because after I purchased them I went back to the website and they were sold out!! I must have bought the last one!!! Money well spent, I just saw it as $21 for a lifetime of purple collards. I will be sure to transfer new stems after it grows to always have them, I can't wait to get them, I'm so siked :)

[@TheTrueabundance]

wow! not only gardening tips, but recipes too. Thank you! ♥

[@rwkleinman]

There is a huge Gynura plant behind this basil I am hugging in the picture. The Gynura has helped my digestion tremendously and has lowered my neighbor's blood sugar. It works!

[@beverlymackjohnson6735]

I bought a couple tree collards online. The Purple (Perenial) collard cutting and the green (Dino) collard cutting. They small but I am so excited. Im in zone 9B, Central Florida. Growing in pots now but will eventually go in the ground. Can't wait to propagate to produce more. Thank you John for the video and grow tips.

[@BCenterprise]

John, One of your best videos yet. Thanks, Bryan

[@mb19842002]

This video covers everything! Excited to try propagating it... John's going to heaven!

[@leslielowe4048]

John, Totally love your videos. I wanted to know if you can pinch back (harvest) the top growth on the tree collards to keep them from growing so tall. Will they create more side shoots? Thanks for all you do. You're the Best!

[@squeezyjohn1]

Great video ... we don't have tree collards over here in the UK, but we have some other perennial kales which are frost hardy and may do well in the colder parts of the US. I grow the 8ft branching sweet one called Taunton Deane or Cottager's Kale and it gives us great leafy greens all year long.

[@dianemummvideos]

very interesting John, I haven't grown tree collards but looks like to be essential to our health.. glad to see you at a actual garden nursery.. :) amazing how big they get ..

[@AlbertaUrbanGarden]

Great episode John! Unfortunately here in zone 3 the tree collards don't over winter. It might be. Good idea to take a cutting late in the year and grow it inside over the winter. An easy way to keep the variety alive in all climates !!

[@MerriweatherMcWiggan]

"I like plants that put out" 7:50 well said

[@darlenep5206]

I NEED To Find Some of these !! In The Eastern NC Area !!

[@tcanderson1313]

Thanks for the highly informative video, John. I love greens and wish this one was available where I live. I'm growing kale right now and am loving eating the baby leaves, which are incredibly sweet. Can't wait until I can try these tree collards.

[@chrisLopez471]

Would love to grows these Collards, but the battle with the white moth was too much of a battle here in Australia, I discovered Amaranths greens and seeds and all the different varieties it comes in, the tri colors plants have so many colors and are so nutritious. I grow Kang Kong too, from what I've read both are more nutritious than kale. Have you ever grown them John? I grew Giant Kale but nothing i used to battle the white moth worked and the plants were left stunted and looking pretty sad. Love your videos John have learned a lot from them.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

I was thinking about using the fine white fabric covers, make a 'bag' out of large sheet of it, tied at the bottom or base, and lightly cover the plant, it works with alot of plants, that's my plan anyway. I never heard of Giant Kale, is it simular to the tree collards? This year I'm going to make a box (using 1x2 frame) over my raised bed of leafy plants and put a hinge slanted top, and staple the white fabric plant covers over it. I'm also trying the azomite and such too. I can't stand those white moths!!!

[@chrisLopez471]

Marcella Smith The couple of plants i have look like a giant cabbage on a tall single stem with out the formed heart in the center. One plant has round leaves the other has a more oval and long shaped leaf, the leaves at the moment are very bitter because of the heat as this plant grows all year round. I would presume that it's leaves would sweeten up once the colder weather starts as we are in the middle of summer here in Australia. Both Kale are around five feet tall at the moment.

[@edithcheadle8477]

I use BT Home Depot

[@TheKlickitat]

Considering conditions; on average, how much does one 6' or larger plant produce in pounds per/day? Also how long does it take to reach 6' tall? You might have addressed these in your video, but I missed if you did. Thanks, love your channel.

[@sarahs.9340]

I believe the 1st 2 plants you presented that are good for cholesterol are the Okinowa Spinach- both green & purple varieties. Sorry to see this nursery did close down.

[@dannybarrera7637]

Love this videos. What I am concerned is with Pyrrolizidine in Okinawan and longevity spinach on liver function.( gynura family of plants)

[@rosewood513]

I took your advice and I got 3 purple tree collard plants today and planted them.. I can't wait. Thank you

[@Bansheekilr]

where did you find them? I have the green variety but I'm still looking for the purple

[@rosewood513]

This is where I ordered them, I got the three potted plants at about $30.00 free shipping, they are worth it they are beautiful... projecttreecollard.org/shop/

[@rosewood513]

My green cuttings died...

[@thewhitewolffl]

Thanks for talking about growing, propagating, and ideas for eating in this video! does anyone know if these do good in south Florida?

[@KD3Lady4Ever]

I have never heard of tree collards before, are they akin to the decorative collards I've seen in landscaping? I can't wait for spring to plant some. Thanks John for the info.

[@NoahNobody]

Thanks for introducing me to this, John.

[@DanceLessonsOrlando]

You are a genius!! Yummy food ideas! I'm hooked and will start my search for purple tree collards to plant in my Florida yard. YAY!

[@angieketcham2733]

"I like plants that put out" hahahahaha! I really like that you share your sources and also the way you vote with your wallet-local. Wish you could help more with regional questions (I am NOT in California lol) ...our climate is a little different than it was when I started here in SC 25 years ago-some perennial veggies I used to count on don't make it through a two year cycle now. Thanks for telling all about your favorites and how to get them! I'll try some new stuff!

[@jamesdevlin6373]

Another great video John, thank you for sharing. Latin names would be useful as lots of viewers come from all over the world and use different common names. Greetings from Ireland.

[@sumafow]

Thx for your video, John. This inspired me to buy tree collard. I bought cuttings in ebay and told it was purple but the stem and leaves are green. They are doing really well it's been a month now but I feel like I was tricked.

[@cindywaldorf5436]

Centrose Nursery will be closing in less than 2 weeks. We still have a lot of tree collards available. If you live near our nursery, please come down and see us one last time. We are very grateful to John for all his kind words about our small nursery. We will be open seven days next week! Our address is 525 E. Rosecrans Ave., Gardena, CA 90248. Business phone number 310-324-2004. Thank you!

[@shehateme9955]

Ok cool. I was spot on thinkin longevity & okinawan goes hand&hand when i got my starts

[@Rafma89]

Awesome I live in LA I will definitely go check out this place!!!

[@sann3119]

Berkeley Horticultural Nursery has tree kale and I think I've seen the tree collards there too (but not sure). They are a very pretty plant. Do you use nutritional yeast when you make your chips, or do you just dry them plain?

[@quantumchang4410]

Isn't the one with purple on the underside of leaves usually called Okinawa spinach (Gynura crepioides) whereas the all green species is usually called longevity spinach (gynura procumbens)?

[@Zannnnah]

Great place hope it stays in business. Does anyone in the U.K have any of the purple tree kale seeds or starts? I have the green already.

[@SierraSpartical]

I love me some blackeyed peas and collard greens

[@karlbe8414]

they make seed pods each year as well. I have a bunch of seeds for back up. I want to get the purple variety however.

[@sann3119]

do tree collards grow ok in the larger grow bags or is their root system too large for that since they are sort of like a "tree?" Well, I don't particularly care for bananas being mixed with my green juices (since they are so mild in flavor compared to the greens), BUT if you use pineapple or pineapple with orange juice, then it takes the dark greens taste to a milder level, making it very flavorful to drink because pineapple is very strong tasting, but in a very agreeable way to most people, so it takes over the strong "green" taste that some people have a hard time adjusting to. It works wonders for this!

[@bc4yt]

Does anyone know if these are available in Australia, specifically in the west? I've had a look on the web and seems to be a complete black hole :/ Cuttings or seeds would be amazing!

[@hgw90026]

It's official. They will close by the end of July if not a week sooner. Still have Purple Tree Collard when I was there yesterday. They have a lot of inventory and not a lot of time left. Drop by if you're in the area.

[@GarnetLynne]

If I were a collard tree, I'd put out for you!lol! I love mes some collards!

[@GrowInFlorida]

gynura procumbens aka longevity spinach, and gynura bicolor aka okinawan spinach. The first letter is pronounced as "guest" not as "George"... Much easier to find these plants by their "common names".

[@normadean697]

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[@ThatOrdinaryChic]

I've tried growing tree collards several times each time i buy cuttings from bountiful gargens they'll start off good, then some type of worm i guess a cabage worm will eat them from the inside out. I guess they can't be grown in Alabama.

[@downbntout]

If you cut the growing tip, maybe early in its life, will it be a twin-trunked one?

[@Moe-sx6ss]

Can they deliver tree collars to Singapore?

[@melindadixon6324]

I guess Centrose is no more. Where is best place to purchase perrenial vegetables around here now?

[@greatawakening4773]

+Melinda Dixon I was just going to ask if there was another nursery that replaced Centrose?

[@t0l4nd]

+Great Awakening Have either of you found any places in SoCal that have the tree collards?

[@seawolfthenandnow7655]

where could i get tree collars by mail order?

[@shamusmcwright2640]

+seawolf then and now www.bountifulgardens.org

[@elysemendelson]

I like plants that put out lmao

[@francisgraf6393]

And ones with a nice erect column! 8:50

[@tyriongambly3134]

@@francisgraf6393 "They definitely like it nice and moist" 10:51

[@sarahs.9340]

Don't like it so much. Wish he would Keep it clean- always got to throw something in every video.

[@misstresst]

What do you do about those cabbage worms?

[@rolazrei]

high bad cholesterol is often not directly diet related, but rather is an indication that your vascular system is poor or damaged. Cholesterol along with white blood cells come to repair damaged blood vessels leading to what are known as plaques, which leads to narrowing of the blood vessel and eventually leads to heart attacks. Your own body makes most of its own cholesterol, and it is typically a symptom of some other problem, which might also be related to diet or genetics.

[@David-un4cs]

Blood pressure is big in that regard. Donating blood as often as your allowed is actually a great natural way to lower blood pressure. There are also foods that help with blood pressure, which would indirectly lower bad cholesterol. Eggs for example, especially Pastured eggs, are very high in the good omega fats that everyone is talking about. I think the idea that eggs are bad for you at all is actually no longer uncontested.

[@5921Tyler]

Does anyone know anywhere online to buy these plants?

[@YellowTrashMan]

Are all collards perennial, or just tree collards? I just started Georgia collards.

[@doloinc]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens John, Do you sell seeds/cuttings? I can't seem to find this in Hawaii.

[@wateronly9310]

Check with these folks www.bountifulgardens.org/Tree-Collards/products/141/

[@doloinc]

Yes, I was just looking at their page, but they aren't shipping out until April unfortunately

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

doloinc they could freeze en-route, so it may be best that they don't send till after April, last time I went to New Mexico we stopped off in Denver! eeek!

[@doloinc]

Marcella Smith I just found someone on the west coast that has some available, so it shouldn't be a problem because they will be sending it further west instead of east.

[@ADKwarriors]

This video is making my Doritos and coffee seem like not the ideal lunch...LOL

[@theIAMofME]

I wish you were my neighbor, John.

[@kaleflower2319]

John you are funny, plants that put out...lol!

[@donotfret]

I like this dude

[@kristinamarie4600]

"I like plants that put out..." LOL

[@pinksteelful]

buy it john. what are you waiting for?

[@Praxxus55712]

Sucks that her business may end. Hopefully someone will buy it and continue.

[@BondedLiberty]

They just got one more customer. Me! I hope they can stay open. BTW love your channel.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

Wouldn't it be great to be able to be a partner in the business?

[@syk.4917]

I'll stop by on Sunday if they are open.

[@infiniteawareness2698]

John needs to become partners with her or take over the business.

[@nolab7563]

Spelling for Genera plants

[@jonathanprince4206]

centrose nursery closed before the paramedic

[@aubreysteedman8176]

I wish I could upload a pic to see if you could help me identify a plant I have. I planted what I thought were collard greens in a pot in my front yard in September 2013. They came up spindly and I thought what ever could this be? Maybe I planted something else, since I didn't label. I let them go and just watered time to time in the summer, otherwise let Washington rain do its thing. They have survived snow as well as upper 90 degree summer weather. One has what I can only describe as a trunk. They aren't so big, but probably because of sharing a pot. I think they are collard trees. One even has a little ball of leaves up top.

[@PuffPuffPlant]

NEED some tree collards in my lyfe! John, happen to know where I can find in Hawaii? :)

[@VJWLPN1]

you are right about the cholesterol. please check out nutritionfacts.org if you want to learn the latest studies and results.

[@sebastianstewart6894]

Cholesterol is use by the body to make cell walls, and hormones.

[@qualqui]

I hope they sell soon, or at least settle things up a bit, finding a capable, hardworking and responsible person to run the business, as for the tree collards, gonna research this veggie on sites that i may be able to buy the seed, cause i'm a long way from cali,...thumbs up John and thankin' ya for yet another COOL Upload! =)

[@haroldjohnson7588]

What is the name of the cholesterol lowering plants?

[@christinolan7538]

So sad this place is closed.

[@SarahVision]

7:48 LOL 14:01.... the average person eats 1/2 pound of leafy vegetables PER YEAR? .... is that actually possible??.... Like the dressing idea: Fresh squeezed orange, blended with macadamia nuts... Thanks John :)

[@catfishm.1361]

How fast do they grow, if we eat 3 leaves a day? I read no such thing as purple tree collards. It’s phosphorus deficiency that makes them turn purple!

[@suburbanhomesteadsurvival7118]

The harlequin bugs love mine :( I'm fighting them to save my tree collards!!

[@edithcheadle8477]

BT

[@briankane6547]

WHY is it almost ALL garden videos put subtitles in grey on black THEN place them against dark backing. I wonder if they EVER try to read them?

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Hahahaha. 2 days of snow. It's -30C out right now.

[@jasminealicea7751]

I've been going crazy searching the web, looking for this plant, even just the stems and nothing!!! Either they don't ship or they're non organic. I live in Connecticut and I can't find anything local. Places out of state that may still have the plants, wanna kill your pockets, it's not right! $21 for 3 stems, not even the actual plant!! Idk to me that sounds too expensive. Anyone else have information, I would really appreciate it, thanks..

[@shantalrosariotv3162]

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[@briankane6547]

EVERY ruddy time I hear Arugula, I have to look it up to find its really Rocket? Particularly since it isn't even the Latin name for "Eruca sativa " :¬O

[@jasminealicea7751]

John will you care to sell me some of your stems lol, plz!! I'm in nursing school, with a part time job, 2 kids and a big hungry dog. Right now and can't afford to spend 21+ dollars for stems! Even if you sell me one stem, I will baby that thing and be forever grateful :)

[@RescueDogTreats]

High Cholesterol is also hereditary!

[@MyDesertLoveDesigns]

ugh - the irony - a McDonald's commercial started up right before your video! No veggies in sight . . .

[@leviskintyre462]

download & install adblocker, you will not have to watch any ads then :)

[@LaoSoftware]

John, you look so young. What's up with that?

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

he's a Raw Vegan!

[@Josef_R]

I don't understand how this is a permanent source of leaves. It appears to grow no leaves below the top. Once you harvest leaves, you need to wait for it to grow taller. Eventually, it'll be twenty feet tall with no leaves except at the top.

[@JustOneAsbesto]

All plant foods lower cholesterol, simply by virtue of containing none, and containing fiber.

[@FangsShadow]

They're a a but of controversy over cholesterol and how bad eating cholesterol really is for you

[@TestChannelURL]

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[@theuglykwan]

The veg starts here are abysmal. A place does do pak choi veg starts but the price is not much lower than just buying them imported and ready to eat from the asian supermarket. Just have to start them myself by being organized.

[@TheNewport2009]

Thanks for your stance on so many very bad problems with the food were eating these days in the grocery stores and many other places as well. The pesticides, chemical fertilizers and espeshially gmo's (which are engineered to produce there own pesticide) have horrendous effects on our health and have to be taken out of the food were eating. Also great that your against bpa a plastic which is very disruptive and harmful to peoples hormones but is also a neurotoxin. Gmo is particularly bad because there's not even a law that says it has to be labeled in the store so you have no idea if your even eating it. It also has so many strange genes engineered into it and people wouldn't even know if there was human genes in their food, harmful viruses, or whatever genes the engineer wishes to splice the plant with. Thanks also for speaking out on flouride which is linked to several types of cancers, makes your teeth and bones brittle, dramatically lowers your I.Q., and will sterilize a person over time. Unfortunately it's not so easy to get away from these things but the more people speak out the better things will get. I do believe it's ok to eat organically grown meat and that tilling the soil isn't as harmful as some would say but other than that I think your absolutely spot on. Thanks so much John Koler your the best man I would sub you a million times over if I could. Love to watch your show very entertaining too.

[@yp1318]

Fish does not contain cholesterol