Mustard 'Red Giant'
Leafy vegetable as ornamental as it is nutritious. Full of vitamins and minerals, the leaves are overlaid with purple at the veins and edges. Harvest young leaves for salads and garnishes, and older leaves for stir fries and cooked dishes. A variety that can be grown and harvested all year.
- Latin name
- Brassica juncea
- Position
- Full Sun to Partial Sun
- Height
- 15cm
- Spread
- 20cm
Growing calendar
JFMAMJJASOND
Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Harvest
Sowing & growing
Sow on a sunny windowsill all year round, or direct sow where they are to crop Feb-May, or Aug-Oct, avoiding hottest months. Sow sparingly 0.5-1cm deep in drills or in pots or guttering. Thin out to 10cm apart for cut and come again crops, and up to 30cm for harvest of larger leaves.
Aftercare
Keep soil well-watered, particularly in hot weather.
Gallery
Ref. SEM011