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Growing Mustard greens, also gai choy

(Brassica sp.)

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(Best months for planting Mustard greens in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)


  • Easy to grow.
  • Harvest in 40-60 days
  • Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
  • Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 35°C.
  • Space plants: 35-60cm

Green leafy plant, popular for Asian cooking.

Grow fast with plenty of water and regular feeds of liquid manure to avoid bitterness. Pick young.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Mustard greens

Use young leaves in salad for a 'spicy kick'. Add to stir fry.

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15 Mar 09 Anna (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)
Can be grown and then dug back into soil as a green manure to add nitrogen.

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