Mustard 'Ruby Streaks'
Mustard 'Ruby Streaks' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Ruby Streaks' is an exciting new release to use in salads. It has finely serrated dark green and burgundy leaves. It is excellent as a 'baby leaf' and in salad mixes. The colour varies from dark green with red veins to dark burgundy. The flavour is sweet and mildly pungent. Days to harvest: 20 days baby leaf, 40 days full size. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.
Product: Mustard 'Ruby Streaks'
Product type: SEED (150)
Botanical name: Brassica juncea
Syn.: Syn. 'Red Elk', Wasabi Greens, Elk Leaves
Syn. 'Red Elk', Wasabi Greens. Ruby Streaks is an exciting new release to use in salads. It is excellent as a 'baby leaf' and in salad mixes. It has finely serrated, dark green and burgundy leaves. The colour varies from dark green with red veins to dark burgundy. The flavour is sweet and mildly pungent. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.
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. 'Red Elk', Wasabi Greens, Elk Leaves
Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Mustard 'Ruby Streaks'
Ruby Streaks' is an exciting new release to use in salads. It has finely serrated dark green and burgundy leaves. It is excellent as a 'baby leaf' and in salad mixes. The colour varies from dark green with red veins to dark burgundy. The flavour is sweet and mildly pungent. Days to harvest: 20 days baby leaf, 40 days full size. This is an F1 hybrid so is not suitable for seed saving.