Mustard 'Wasabina'
Mustard 'Wasabina' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Wasabina' is an attractive plant with bright-green, serrated leaves. It is an ideal cut and come again leafy green for harvesting from baby leaf size onwards. It has tender, sweet and mildly spicy leaves that add flavour and zest to salads. It is slow to bolt, so the tender, larger leaves can be used in stir-fries. It is a very cold tolerant leafy green. Days to harvest: 21 days baby leaf, 45 days full size.
Product: Mustard 'Wasabina'
Product type: SEED (250)
Botanical name: Brassica juncea
Wasabina' is an attractive plant with bright green, serrated leaves. It is an ideal cut and come again leafy green for harvesting from baby leaf size onwards. It has tender, sweet and mildly spicy leaves that add flavour and zest to salads. It is slow to bolt, so the tender, larger leaves can be used in stir-fries. It is a very cold tolerant leafy green. The flowers are highly attractive to beneficial insects.
Plant type: Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Plant height: 45 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; save seed to sprinkle in the orchard to attract beneficial insects
Harvest: 21 days baby leaf, 45 days full size
250 seeds per packet
Brassica juncea
Annual cool season crop; frost hardy
Mustard 'Wasabina'
Wasabina' is an attractive plant with bright-green, serrated leaves. It is an ideal cut and come again leafy green for harvesting from baby leaf size onwards. It has tender, sweet and mildly spicy leaves that add flavour and zest to salads. It is slow to bolt, so the tender, larger leaves can be used in stir-fries. It is a very cold tolerant leafy green. Days to harvest: 21 days baby leaf, 45 days full size.