Your 2025 Garden

[Sally PB]

I am giving up on growing collards in my garden. They haven't done well, and by the time they get any size at all, something comes along and eats them down to the rib. I might try some in the greenhouse this fall or next spring.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I am giving up on growing collards in my garden. They haven't done well, and by the time they get any size at all, something comes along and eats them down to the rib. I might try some in the greenhouse this fall or next spring.

See if you can get some to overwinter. The root in the spring should be more than strong enough to throw off the pests and come back.

 

[Sally PB]

See if you can get some to overwinter. The root in the spring should be more than strong enough to throw off the pests and come back.

Do you mean the gnawed on plants, or to plant some seeds now? My first frost can be anywhere from mid-September to mid-October.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Do you mean the gnawed on plants, or to plant some seeds now? My first frost can be anywhere from mid-September to mid-October.

Your choice. I tend to keep plants that have been attacked and recovered, but starting new is helpful in other ways.

I had one plant that survived five winters in northern Utah, and its descendants were running 1-4 years when I left.