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Mizuna

Brassica juncea var. japonica Brassica rapa nipposinica
Also known as shui cai (EN) kyona (EN) Japanese mustard (EN) potherb mustard (EN) Japanese greens (EN) California peppergrass (EN) spider mustard (EN)

A variety of Brassica rapa

How to sow mizuna: Direct seed outdoors

Sun requirement for mizuna: Plant in Full Sun

Mizuna is a cool weather salad green in the Brassica family. It has a mild, slightly peppery taste and heavily serrated, feathery leaves. Leaves can be harvested at their baby or adult sizes, between 7 and 15cm. Be sure to harvest before the plant flowers. Leaves can be eaten raw in salads and on sandwiches, sautéed, or stir-fried.

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plantings
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harvests
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seed packet

Growing mizuna

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

40cm

Spread

30cm

Row Spacing

2cm

Grown for

leaf harvested 3 times

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Transplant day!

by inkstone,

I originally wanted to do this yesterday but it rained in the morning so that kinda put a damper on things.

So I did it all today instead! A bunch of the seeds I wintersowed in the milk jugs and soda bottles were getting crowded so it was time to move them to their bigger (permanent) containers….

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