Giant Red | Mustard Green Seed
$7.85—$34.33AUD gst excl.
This is a Japanese type of Mustard which has large savoyed leaves which are Maroon with Chartreuse undersides. Winter hardy and slow to bolt this Mustard makes especially good pickle, or cook in standard ways. Very young leaves or the whole seedling may be harvested for colourful additions to salads.
- Days To Maturity: 30 days from direct sowing
- Optimum Soil Temp: 12-20C
- Days To Gemination: 6-8 Day
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MICRO-FARMING GUIDE
FOR PERMABEDS/SMALL-MED MARKET GARDENS
MESCLUN/BABY LEAF: INTENSIVE SPACING: 12 rows, 56mm apart, spaced every 12mm,
- SIX ROW SEEDER: hole size C, Middle pulleys, tight brush
- JANG SEEDER: roller, Y24; Gear size, 9front 13back; brush 0mm (11 rows) no felt.
- SEED DENSITY TARGET: 30m bed; range 115grams
- DAYS IN THE GARDEN: 45 days for two cuttings
NUMBER OF SEEDINGS: Outdoors every 15 days from mid-November to mid-March. In tunnels, Sept 5, Sept 10, Sept 20,Sept 28, March 25, April 5, April 10
CULTURE: Sow from early spring through midsummer. In the north, greens are well adapted to autumn plantings. For full-sized bunching, sow 15 seeds/30cm, 6mm deep in 50mm wide bands in rows 45cm apart. Most varieties do not require thinning. See individual product descriptions for varieties that do. Harvest before flowering. For baby leaf, sow a 5-10cm wide band at 60 seeds/30cm. Clip young leaves when 75-150mm tall.
PESTS: Flea beetles are best controlled by covering with floating row covers from day of sowing.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: For bunching:30g./250m, 500g./4.6km at above spacing. For baby leaf: 30g/70m, 500g./1km at above spacing.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/30g: Avg. 13,000.
