I started these from seed spring 2020 (Baker Creek Seed). They grew well, and I also bought Vates starts at the local nursery to compare. Both are very productive, the Creole kept a lighter bluish tone to the leaves, and they seemed slightly more 'refined.' Now that winter is here, Creole is holding up better, not wilting, than the other. A couple of Creole plants look pretty good, but I think I have to take them out so they do not harbor whiteflies all winter into next spring season. I won't be able to save seed from these.

Chickens love to eat collard greens and so do cabbage butterfly caterpillars. I also got harlequin bugs on the collards.

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