These Tree Collards Can Live Up to 20 Years!

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Perennial Tree Collards Can Live Up to 20 Years!
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[@Pixics]

20 years is a long time, that collard is definitely a plant that keeps on giving.

[@LearnToGrow1]

Absolutely! ☺️💚

[@GreenLove1]

Nice to see you after a while, Misilla. I love my Purple Tree Collard - I named her Colleen(does anyone else name their plants - or am I just weird!). Colleen is so graceful and beautiful. I have taken cuttings from her and now I have a few babies growing! Thrilled to have more purple tree collards. I need to look into the Merritt...looks like the leaves are bigger and heartier than the Purple Tree Collard. Thanks for sharing your wonderful gardening advice on these garden must-haves!

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thank you and good to hear from you! I'm glad you tree collard is doing wonderful and love the name! Not weird at all, he he! Yes the Merritt one has larger leaves and it is just as beautiful! Planning on adding more varieties this fall. I'll feature the perennial kales soon. Have a good night! :)

[@sheilagray3914]

I am growing purple tree collards. This is their first year growing in the ground. They are doing great. I just want to learn how to care for them so they will last for years. Thank you for your video.

[@LearnToGrow1]

That's wonderful, Sheila! They tend to get tall and leggy. You can head them back to promote side branching so they'll stay shorter, but will be more bushy and compact. I originally got our starts from Project Tree Collard and she has an informative video on tree collard maintenance. Here is the link below. Thanks for watching! Misilla kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqu6f5ymea-kprssi=Ah9X4hTtM8VvnFyZ

[@wemuk5170]

They taste great if sautéed with lots of garlic in organic coconut oil together with carrots. My mum used to cook kale with garlic, brandy and some sugar!

[@LearnToGrow1]

That sounds delicious!

[@gtrgenie]

I grew my purple tree collards from seed about 1 year ago. The trunk is baseball bat size and it’s approaching 5 feet. It’s beautiful and tastes amazing.

[@LearnToGrow1]

That's wonderful! They are delicious aren't they? :)

[@thebusybrownangel5829]

Hey, Sis! Your tree collards are looking amazing! You are doing a great job at finding those cabbage worms. Even with the kids helping, my collards and kales are full of holes. Thankfully the birds have stepped in and started getting them. Each time I step into the garden, birds take off from everywhere 😂

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thanks sis! Oh no! Yes the eggs are sometimes hard to find! I noticed a few holes on a couple of kale plants!

[@thebusybrownangel5829]

@@LearnToGrow1 Just a couple, but they look so lush and green.

[@jedheart8059]

Ordered my first 3 different types from project tree collard. I have grown purple tree collards in my yards for aroynd ten years. But the winds to ok a toll on them about a year ago. I hace some more bushy but they were full of seed pods. We collected them but tgose are not the purple ones. We have a rapid sed bed wity starts of our old supply over the years. But I decided to getthree distinctly unique new tree collards to add to our own yard, front and back. Our dogs, cattle dogs, eat a lot of leaves off the old tree collards. So when the winds kept blowing them over, the dogs kept eating leaves. I had to plan this time. Right now, I am impressed with the new ones from project tree collard. However, I am keeping them under a grow light indoors until I can set up few posts with chicken wire to orotect them from the dogs. We give them leaves when we harvest them. Since the love them, they are part of their diet. We just need to regulate how much they get vs us. I love them bith fresh ablnd cooked - steamed or in soup. Not my family, they only like them cooked or dried. We dry leaves in a food dryer. Then, we grind them in a coffee maker that we only use to grind dried herbs, etc. Dried, they are very tasty on anything's ng from soups to pasta and pizza. I just add them to anything, even fresh popped corn.

[@tassiegirl1991]

I must re look for seeds I’ve seen this get on a few UK you tube channels not seen seeds advertised in my area. I just ordered your book as I love your philosophy to gardening looking forward to getting it. Thanks for your advice

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi Tassie Girl, Thank you so much for your support! Also, Project Tree Collard ships seeds worldwide. Here is the link: https: www.projecttreecollard.org Have a great week! Misilla

[@iwant.a.pepper]

Hola Misilla… I have the Richmonds pride purple tree collard and it’s been growing for about 4 years now. I grow it in a container that’s about 15 gallons. I use it in anything I would use lettuce in as I don’t grow lettuce and I absolutely love the flavor… especially in stir fry or with my ramen noodle, so yummy :)

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hola my friend! That is awesome! I figured why grow annual greens when we can grow perennials? So much better, he he! Ramen sounds good anytime! :) Have a good night!

[@emmawagner471]

Interesting. I've never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing👍

[@LearnToGrow1]

You’re welcome, Emma! Thanks for watching!

[@sylviastandifer3707]

Beautiful

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thank you Sylvia!

[@martysgarden]

Such a great plant, everlasting amounts of food that you only have to put in the ground once!

[@LearnToGrow1]

It sure is a great plant my friend!

[@nancyfahey7518]

Love the kale and collards in my green drink.

[@LearnToGrow1]

So healthy and good! :)

[@crazyscott2646]

Good day Misillia, I am glad to see your doing well. I hope you have a great day.

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thank you! I am and I hope you are as well friend!

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi friend I just watched your most recent video. Thanks for sharing.

[@JulesGardening]

Very fascinating. Will have to give this a go. Thanks for sharing. ✌️☀️

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thank you! You're welcome and hope you get one too!

[@THEAPRILFOOL-1983]

Nice

[@janicehyman2413]

I always learn so much from your videos glad to see you back. Can you do a video on how to harvest and cook them?

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi Janice! So glad to hear that! That's a great idea! I'll put on my list. It's too hot make a cooking video this week, we're experiencing another heat wave, but should stay under 100 F this time. Have a good night and thank you for watching! By the way, if you have not heard about my book...here is a link so you can take a look. It's avaible for preorder. Appreciate your support! Misilla amzn.to/3CG56sQ

[@sylviastandifer3707]

Mine did grow. I’m going to try it again

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi, Is it doing well?

[@MotherofBokchoy]

The leaves are so cartoonishly large. I just purchased a tree collard and I can only hope mine will look like yours.

[@LearnToGrow1]

That's great, Tres! Excited for you! I hope you have a good weekend.

[@pnwgardenergal1325]

Those kales are looking lovely !

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thank you! :)

[@bsweat9230]

I've never heard of tree collards!!! Sounds good to me. I need to explore perennials!!! Good video!

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thank you! 💚Yes, it’s absolutely worth growing more perennials! Less work! ☺️ I got my I initial cuttings from projecttreecollard.org

[@Okeflora.6480]

Nice video! I got mine from same company three years ago. I have just one that looks like yours. I plan to root some suckers that have developed. The leaves turn reddish and sweet in fall and winter.

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thanks! That's great! Yes the leaves are even more beautiful in the winter. The plants produce more sugars to shield themselves from frigid temperatures.

[@superslyfoxx1]

I just realize youtube Unsubscribed your channel. Nice plants! So awesome those collards live that long wow.

[@LearnToGrow1]

Thanks for the heads up. I wonder why? I know I haven’t been as active, just been focusing on family and will be back soon. So good to hear from you!

[@superslyfoxx1]

@@LearnToGrow1 I wasn't active for awhile ,maybe that was the reason. Hoping you and your family are well. I have lots of videos to catch up on.

[@LearnToGrow1]

@@superslyfoxx1 It’s great to see you back! I hope you and your family are well too! I had to take breaks, because I’ve been working on a book which will be released February 2022. It’s available for preorder if you’d like to check it out, really appreciate it. Here’s a link. Enjoy your week and be back soon! 💚 amzn.to/3qNHdtW

[@superslyfoxx1]

@@LearnToGrow1 Wow congrats so awesome. I will check it out. And thanks!

[@LearnToGrow1]

@@superslyfoxx1 thank you so much!

[@GardeningwithBernie]

Great video, I’ve heard about these tree collards before but they’re not perennial in my zone so I’ve not invested in purchasing them.

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi! Thank you! You can take cuttings in the fall and start them indoors then plant out in the spring, if you like. :)

[@wandasinger7713]

Your tree collards look awesome. I have one purple tree collard and one Merritt. They are so tall. Can I cut the tops off? My purple one is over ten feet tall. I’d like to cut it back to five feet. Thank you

[@NaturallyMissMeka]

Hey there...I am in Washington State...zone 8b. Do you sell seeds or cuttings. I have been trying to get some tree collard desperately.

[@NaturallyMissMeka]

Where did you get your ?

[@kayecaban5324]

I wonder how they taste compared to regular annual collards

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi Tree collards are slightly nutty and sweet, like baby kale leaves.

[@angelaa7616]

@@LearnToGrow1 Evergreen or Die off in winter of WA❓

[@wemuk5170]

I have a question. Sometimes at Project Tree Collard, you can see some purple tree collards that are short, very bushy and crawling on the ground and thereby re-rooting themselves. How come mine doesn’t crawl around on the ground itself to re-root? I want them to re-root in a similar spot instead of taking cuttings & having to find another spot for them. Now I keep mine short and bushy at just 2 or 3 feet but my PTCs still don’t crawl downwards. They stand up like normal erect bushes, unfortunately. Any ideas what I have done wrong?

[@LearnToGrow1]

Hi! They eventually grow side stems, but I’ve had ones that didn’t and were also tall and erect. I’m guessing it could be due to genetics and some may have acquired different traits. I’ve topped a couple off before to encourage side branching, and they ended up growing two main central stems.

[@LearnToGrow1]

I’ve also noticed that some of the older ones (4+ years) would sprawl and grow side stems throughout the plants.