CABBAGE-GREEN WAVE-MUSTARD
CABBAGE-GREEN WAVE-MUSTARD
A$3.50
Availability: 30 in stock
Brassica juncea
CABBAGE-GREEN WAVE-MUSTARD is a curled and very frilly medium size cabbage whose green leaves stay tender to a good size. Upright plants reach 60 cm in height. Stands long in the field, tolerates more heat than most, bolts very late & is also very cold-hardy. Flavour is sharp, nice and spicy! A high-yielding type that makes a good crop in home or market gardens & makes choice micro-greens. A favorite baby leaf variety. When mature this variety produces large upright plants with bright green, finely cut & deeply fringed leaves with a hot spicy flavor that mellows when cooked. Mustard greens are a fast growing, cold weather annual. An excellent product and the slowest to bolt, stand 2 to 4 weeks longer than other varieties.
Direct sow 6 weeks before the last frost, or start under protection 3 weeks before that. Start 4 months before the first frost for autumn/winter crops. Cabbage likes fertile soil and steady moisture.
| Germination Time (Days) | 5 – 10 |
| Maturity Time (Days) | 60 – 120 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 6 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 30 – 50 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 40 – 70 |
| pH | 6 – 7.5 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Hardy |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct |
| Seed Preparation | – |
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
30 - 60 cm (12 - 24 inches)
Season of Interest
Spring, Autumn
Temperature Range
10 - 25 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full sun or part shade.
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Sow Direct
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Soil Temperature
10 - 22 °C (50 - 72 °F)
Seed Preparation
No special preparation required
Sowing Depth
0.5 - 1 cm (0.2 - 0.4 inches)
Plant Spacing
20 - 30 cm (8 - 12 inches)
Row spacing
30 cm (12 inches)
Watering
Keep soil moist, regular watering
Germination Time (Days)
5 - 10 days
Harvest Time (Days)
40 - 50 days
Good Companion Plants
Onions, Carrots, Peas
Bad Companion Plants
Strawberries, Tomatoes
Pests
Flea beetles, Aphids, Cabbage worms
Diseases
Downy mildew, White rust
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When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden
