Mizuna 'Red Coral'
Mizuna 'Red Coral' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Syn. Kyona, Japanese mustard. A traditional Japanese salad green that forms a large rosette of slender white stalks and attractive, feathery dark-green leaves. The flavour is mildly spicy and crisp. It is often grown as part of a salad mix and can be cut a few leaves at a time. Older leaves can be steamed as a spinach. It is heat and cold tolerant and slow to bolt. The flowers are attractive to beneficial insects.
Product: Mizuna 'Red Coral'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Brassica rapa nipposinica
Syn. Kyona, Japanese mustard. A traditional Japanese salad green that forms a large rosette of slender white stalks and attractive, feathery dark-green leaves. The flavour is mildly spicy and crisp. It is often grown as part of a salad mix and can be cut a few leaves at a time. Older leaves can be steamed as a spinach. It is heat and cold tolerant and slow to bolt. The flowers are attractive to beneficial insects.
Plant type: Annual cool season crop
Plant height: 35 cm
Sow when: Germinate best between 10 - 28°C
Temperate: Spring, autumn
Subtropical: March - May
Tropical: April - August
Germination: 3 - 10 days
Depth: 5 - 10 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow direct
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6 - 6.5. Heavy feeder, add compost.
Rows: 40 cm apart
Details: Sow every 3 weeks for a continuous supply.
Harvest: 21 days baby leaf, 40 days full size