Mustard Greens
Vivid vegetable
Planting instructions
The mustard greens growing in your garden will need little care. Mustard greens like cool weather and will grow rapidly. You can fertilize with a balanced fertilizer, but often these vegetables do not need it in well amended vegetable garden.
Mustard greens need 2 inches of water a week. If you are not getting this much rainfall a week while growing mustards, then you can do additional watering.
Keep your mustard greens bed weed free, especially when they are small seedling. The less competition that they have from weeds, the better they will grow.
Mustard Greens at dinner
Mustard Greens when ready to harvest
A type of stew that you can make with Mustard Greens
Days to Germination and Harvest
Harvest: 30 to 40 days
Planting Times
Specific Dates
Germinate: March 26 - March 29, 2015
Harvest: April 18 - April 28, 2015
Fun Facts
Second to brussels sprouts, mustard greens contain the highest glucosinolate content of any other vegetable.
Mustard greens are closely related to cabbage, kale, and collard greens.
Mustard greens are also known as Indian mustard.