Large, crinkled, savoyed leaves.
Plant habit is similar to Tatsoi, but more upright and vigorous for improved baby leaf yields. At full size the thick, savoyed leaves are held upright on pale green petioles. Space 12-18" apart and cut at the base for beautiful, full-sized bunches 10-12" tall. Delicious steamed or stir-fried. Heat and cold tolerant. 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. Most varieties do not require thinning, see catalog description for varieties that do. 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.: 8,000-16,500 (Avg. 12,250).
PACKET: 250 seeds sows 16' full-size, 4' baby-leaf.
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Micro Mix Component A mixture of greens harvested at the seedling stage. Eaten fresh as a salad ingredient. |
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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. |