Growing Mustard Greens
Botanical name: Brassica nigra, Brassica junceaGrowing Mustard Greens Organic Gardening Fact Sheet Seed | | | 
| | Planting time: | SP,FA | | Seeds per ounce: | 15000 | | Ounces per square foot: | 0.001 | | Minimum legal germination rate: | 75% | | Germination type: | Short Germinating seeds | | Notes
Mustard Greens are easy to grow, are fast growers and self seeding. In other words if you allow them to go to seed, they will pop up in unexpected areas of your garden the following year. Mustard Greenss prefers cool weather and full sun. Mustard Greens greens tastes best when plants grow quickly and leaves mature before the hot days of summer. Harvest Mustard Greens when the leaves reach full size. | | Planting | | | | In garden spacing (inches): | 6 | | | | In flat spacing (inches): | 1 | | | Planting depth (inches): | Cover seed with soil | | Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: | 6 | | Nutrient relationship:: | Heavy Feeder | | | | Harvest | | | Days to maturity: | 35-42 | | Harvesting period (days): | 56-210 | | Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: | 1.8 | | | | | | | | Cultural | | Diseases: | Downy Mildew, White Rust, Sclerotinia Stalk Rot (White Mold), Leaf Spots, Virus Mosaic | | Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) | Cabbage Looper, Diamondback Moth, Flea Beetle, Green Peach Aphid, Pea Aphid, Slugs and Snails There's new evidence that Mustard Greens can be used to help control pests either as a trap plant or antagonistic against soil Nematodes. | | | | Varieties | | Florida Broadleaf, Green Wave, Giant Curled, Giant Red |
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