Brassica rapa
Purple Mizuna Asian Greens
Days to Maturity: 21 days baby - 40 full size
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Attractive purple-veined leaves are sharply serrated with mild flavor.
Color is most pronounced in late summer harvests, but adds a distinctive look to salad mixes even at baby sizes. Leaves are more deeply serrated than Mizuna. Mild mustard flavor. 13,000 seeds/oz.
- Cut-and-come-again
- Slow to bolt
- Mild with color
- Open-Pollinated
Note: High Mowing ensures all seed lots of this variety are independently tested for the diseases black rot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris) and black leg (Leptosphaeria maculans, anamorph Phoma lingam). Only seed lots that test negative for black rot and black leg are released for sale.
Cultural Info
PLANTING INFO:
Seed depth: ¼”. For baby leaf- Seeding rate: ~60 seeds/ft in a 2-4”; Row spacing: 2/3” between bands. Harvest when leaves are ~3” tall by cutting 1” from ground or pick individual leaves for cut and come again. For full size- Seeding rate: ~12 seeds/ft; Plant spacing: thin to 6”; Row spacing: 18”.
CULTURAL INFO:
Most Asian Greens are moderately hardy annuals and can be sown from early spring through midsummer. Asian greens are in the same family as mustards but tend to have a mild flavor and lack the spiciness that many mustards are known for. Asian greens include an assortment of species that can be grown for baby leaf or full size crops.
SEED SPECS:
12M seeds/oz. M=1,000
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