Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I recently read an article saying collards are high in protein, and make good deer forage. Anyone on here ever try them?
Collards - anyone plant them for deer?
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TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
What all falls into the collards category? I've had kale in a couple of seed blends if that counts?
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Not sure, J. The article I read didn't name other plants, but I think collards are in the brassica family? I'll have to check. The article raved about them for an addition to deer plots. Maybe just hype?
Stubborn1VT
5 year old buck +
I watched a video that was pumping them up. IIRC the benefit to collards was greater tonnage, since they are planted earlier. More of a 70 day maturity vs a 45 day maturity in other brassicas.
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
I don't think I've planted any collards but it's possible they were in a mix and I just didn't know it. Wasn't sure if kale was a collard or not. I've planted kale and it got hammered when we got some colder weather. Also it seemed to grow a lot faster after a couple of colder weather days. Nothing.nothing and then all of a sudden some big kale plants that I never really noticed before and the deer chewed them down in a week or two.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Try them. They can be a hit in the right area, but you'll never know unless you throw $20 or $40 at it and try. They really go like hell in fluffy soil. I've had some reach pitch fork handle stalk thickness in one year, and the deer ate it to the ground. They also grow out of hay bales.
Barley grew outta the bale too.
Barley grew outta the bale too.
Those look like the turnips we grow. Below is what our southern “collard greens” look like
As far as growing something out of a hay bale, I have been planting a “straw bale” garden for the past three years and the plantings usually do better than in ground or raised beds
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
No tonnage with those, huh SwampCat?? ^ ^ ^ ^ 
I have kale & collards on my list to try this year. Gonna do more mixed plots this year.
I have kale & collards on my list to try this year. Gonna do more mixed plots this year.Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Where do you gents buy your collards seed?? Welter's doesn't list them in their catalog. No local AG stores have collards in bulk amounts.
RGrizzzz
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Forage Collards (Impact)
Vernalization is required for collards to bolt (become reproductive) therefore planting anytime during the growing season will result in pure vegetative growth. Vernalization is a prolonged cold special that triggers a species genetic code within the plant to start reproducing. This is important...
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Other big leafed brassicas too
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MN Slick
5 year old buck +
I tossed a seed mix into my farm yard in North MO 2 years ago and they were part of the mix. They have come back each spring and also come back after mowing. Seems ideal if a guy can manage weeds/grass via mowing and have a perenial stand. I don't see any browsing on them but they are only 10 feet our cabin.
