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$2.25

Organic Ruby Streaks Mustard Green, Brassica juncea

Light:	Full Sun
Zones:
Plant Height:
Seedling Depth:	1/4"
Days to Maturity:	20 days baby, 45 full size

When to Sow:

Direct seed as soon as soil can be worked. Sow every 3 weeks into fall for a continuous harvest.

Plant Spacing: Baby leaf: 60 seeds/ft in a 2-4”.

Full size: 12 seeds/ft, thin to 6”.

Row Spacing: Baby leaf: 2/3” between bands.

Full size: 18”.

Harvest:

When leaves are 3” tall; cut 1” from ground or pick individual leaves.

Special Features:

Most Brassica greens are moderately hardy annuals that can be sown from early spring through midsummer. Commonly grown as baby leaf for salad mixes full size leaves in ethnic cuisine or stir-fry and pickled. Deeply-lobed with lacy burgundy baby leaves;airy and lofty with a bright green stem. Color is darkest when sown summer through fall. Mild spice to taste.

Approx. seeds per package.