Quick facts
- Cool season annual
- Light green, serrated leaf mustard
- Wasabi-like flavor
Brassica juncea
40-45 days, 20-25 days for baby leaf. Baby leaves can add a nice punch to any salad, while larger leaves are best cooked. Cold tolerant and cool-season loving, plant these in early spring and again in late summer for fall harvest. Successively plant every 2 weeks to keep you in fresh young greens. Keep well watered and plant in fertile soil. Mature leaves can be used for tsukemono, ohitashi, stir-frying, and pickling.
How to grow it:
|
Germ Temp |
Indoor Start |
Germ Days |
Frost Tolerant |
Sun |
Seed Depth |
Plant/Row Spacing |
|
45-85 |
Not rec. |
3-7 d. |
Light |
Full |
1/4” |
4”/18” |
|
Direct sow around the last frost date. Seed specs: Packet size: 1 g, ~250 seeds |