Mustard 'Lime Streaks'
Mustard 'Lime Streaks' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Lime Streaks' is a very attractive plant with finely serrated, bright lime-green leaves. It is an ideal cut and come again leafy green for harvesting from baby leaf size onwards. It has tender, mild, spicy leaves that add flavour and zest to salads and stir-fries. Days to harvest: 20 days baby leaf, 40 days full size.
Product: Mustard 'Lime Streaks'
Product type: SEED (150)
Botanical name: Brassica juncea
Syn.: Syn. 'Chinese lime streaks'
'Lime Streaks' is a very attractive plant with finely serrated, bright lime-green leaves. It is an ideal cut and come again leafy green for harvesting from baby leaf size onwards. It has tender, mild, spicy leaves that add flavour and zest to salads and stir-fries. Days to harvest: 20 days baby leaf, 40 days full size.
Plant type: Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Plant height: 30 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 7 - 23°C, in cool, wet weather
Temperate: Early spring, late summer
Subtropical: Late autumn to early winter
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: 60 cm apart
Details: Sow every two weeks for successive crops
Harvest: 20 days baby leaf, 40 days full size
150 seeds per packet
Brassica juncea
Syn. 'Chinese lime streaks'
Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Mustard 'Lime Streaks'
'Lime Streaks' is a very attractive plant with finely serrated, bright lime-green leaves. It is an ideal cut and come again leafy green for harvesting from baby leaf size onwards. It has tender, mild, spicy leaves that add flavour and zest to salads and stir-fries. Days to harvest: 20 days baby leaf, 40 days full size.