A tasty blend of easy to grow mild and spicy favourites. Enjoy a visually pleasing mix of green and purple Asian greens and mustards that complement each other well. Harvest young leaves to eat fresh in salads or let them grow to full size for use steamed or lightly sauteed. None of these components require warm soil to germinate, so they’re great for cool season growing from spring to fall. Extend the season even more by growing under cover or under lights indoors. For full size plants, thin to 10cm apart. Baby leaf greens can be harvested as individual leaves or cut plants just above the growing tip, leaving a few leaves for fast regrowth.
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How To Grow, Timing: Mustards are cool season plants that grow quickly and then bolt. Direct sow with frost protection as early as late winter or without protection from early to late spring. Sowing short rows every 3 weeks allows for a continuous harvest of both baby leaves and full sized plants. Sow again in late summer for late fall and winter harvests. Optimal soil temperature: 21°C. Seeds should sprout in 5-10 days.
How To Grow, Starting: If growing to full size, sow 3-4 seeds in each spot you want a plant to grow. Sow 5mm-1cm deep and thin to the strongest plant, spaced 10-15cm in the row. All mustards can be grown in containers for baby salad greens. Sow these as you would mesclun mixes, with seeds spaced as near as possible to 1cm apart.
How To Grow, Growing: Ideal pH: 6.0-6.5. One cup of complete organic fertilizer will provide nutrition for 3m of row. Water regularly. Expect mustards to bolt in hot weather. Provide protection in winter by using a cloche or heavy row cover. At all other times, plan on growing fast and harvesting fast, like spinach. Planting short rows every two weeks works best for the home garden for a constant harvest.
How To Grow, Harvest: Cut individual leaves, or the whole plant at whatever stage of maturity you desire. Young leaves tend to be more tender and less powerfully flavoured as mature leaves. Some varieties will develop a slight bitterness in fully mature leaves. The leaves can be blanched (or run through a food processor) and then frozen, or even dried and flaked for soup mixes. But the plants are so cold hardy, fresh leaves should be available to the determined gardener 12 months of the year. Whole plants can also be pickled for long term storage.
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