Description
A graceful plant in flower beds and containers, and also a tender, mildly spicy, Japanese mustard green that is milder than other mustards, and ready to harvest in as little as 3 weeks as tender baby greens. Beautiful and prolific, and withstands heat longer than lettuce without bolting. Use fresh in salads, steam, or stir-fry. Seeds will germinate under cold and wet spring conditions.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 30–50 days
- Family: Brassicaceae
- Native: Probably Eurasia
- Hardiness: Frost Tolerant, Heat Tolerant
- Exposure: Full sun to part shade
- Plant Dimensions: Medium (12" - 24")
- Variety Info: Mustard leaves are mildly spicy and slightly peppery. Mizuna is a type of Japanese mustard. One plant can produce as many as 200 stems with thin, serrated leaves. It is prized as much for its ornamental value as its culinary value.
- Attributes: Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–75°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 10 to 12 weeks before your average first fall frost date for continuous harvest. Mild Climates: Sow in late fall through winter for cool–season harvest.
- When to Start Inside: Not recommended; transplant stress can cause plants to bolt (prematurely flower).
- Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
- Seed Depth: ¼"
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 4" – 6"
- Thinning: When 3" tall, thin to 1 every 4" – 6"
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Harvest in the morning if possible. You may start harvesting leaves when they are 2" tall, as needed; remove no more than 1/3 of the plant if regrowth is desired, or let plant grow to maturity and harvest entire plant. Late summer crops will last until the first hard freeze.
Description
A graceful plant in flower beds and containers, and also a tender, mildly spicy, Japanese mustard green that is milder than other mustards, and ready to harvest in as little as 3 weeks as tender baby greens. Beautiful and prolific, and withstands heat longer than lettuce without bolting. Use fresh in salads, steam, or stir-fry. Seeds will germinate under cold and wet spring conditions.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 30–50 days
- Family: Brassicaceae
- Native: Probably Eurasia
- Hardiness: Frost Tolerant, Heat Tolerant
- Exposure: Full sun to part shade
- Plant Dimensions: Medium (12" - 24")
- Variety Info: Mustard leaves are mildly spicy and slightly peppery. Mizuna is a type of Japanese mustard. One plant can produce as many as 200 stems with thin, serrated leaves. It is prized as much for its ornamental value as its culinary value.
- Attributes: Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–75°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 10 to 12 weeks before your average first fall frost date for continuous harvest. Mild Climates: Sow in late fall through winter for cool–season harvest.
- When to Start Inside: Not recommended; transplant stress can cause plants to bolt (prematurely flower).
- Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
- Seed Depth: ¼"
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 4" – 6"
- Thinning: When 3" tall, thin to 1 every 4" – 6"
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Harvest in the morning if possible. You may start harvesting leaves when they are 2" tall, as needed; remove no more than 1/3 of the plant if regrowth is desired, or let plant grow to maturity and harvest entire plant. Late summer crops will last until the first hard freeze.