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'Blue Max' Collards
 
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Description: Hybrid. Upright plants produce large, slightly savoyed, tender, mild-flavored, closely-spaced leaves
Days To Maturity: 68
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Overall: (4.5 Stars)Overall
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Yield: (4.5 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 10/23/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener

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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is a good hybrid collard. I don't think it has the taste of Green Glaze, but it holds it's own with other hybrids like Top Bunch for ease of production.
 
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Reviewed on 02/03/2005 by ckahlke - An intermediate gardener

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Tompkins, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Used in a Cornell Herbicide Trial in Freeville. Used transplants. Excelllent growth, despite all the rain. good taste also.,
 
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