Aromatic, edible chrysanthemum greens.
Cut greens when about 4-8" tall for a flavorful addition to salads, vegetables, pickles, and sushi. Plant more thickly than other greens. Small orange and yellow chrysanthemum flowers appear later on unharvested plants. This is the preferred "fine" or "small" leaf strain. Avg. 17,500 seeds/oz. Packet: 250 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 21 baby, 45 full size
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Disease Resistance:
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Growing Information:
Greens, Asian
CULTURE: Sow from early spring through midsummer. In the South, greens are well adapted to fall plantings. For full-sized bunching, sow 15 seeds/ft., 1/4" deep in 2" wide bands in rows 18" apart. Harvest before flowering. For baby-leaf, sow a 2" to 4" wide band sow 60 seeds/ft. Clip young leaves when 3-6" tall.
PESTS: Flea beetles are best controlled by covering with floating row covers (see Index) from day of sowing.
AVG DIRECT SEEDING RATE: For bunching: 830'/oz., 13,000'/lb. at above spacing. For baby-leaf: 210'/oz., 3,300'/lb. at above spacing.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ.: 9,800-15,500 (Avg. 12,700).
PACKET: 250 seeds sows 15' full-size, 4' baby-leaf.
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Salad Mix Component A mixture of lettuce and greens with different colors, flavors and textures, harvested at a tender, baby, bite-size stage. For fresh salads. |
