For salad mix and bunching.
An entirely different and delicious leafy green brassica crop. Band-sow thickly for baby leaf mix. For bunching, mature leaves, avg. 12" x 4", are smooth and brilliantly deep green. The plants are slow-bolting and will grow for a second harvest. The tender leaves are flavorful, but not at all mustardy. Tolerant to both cold and heat. Packet: 250 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 21 baby, 45 full size
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Disease Resistance:
No disease information found.
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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Cold Tolerant Variety does well at lower temperatures and may even be frost hardy. |
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