Territorial Seed Company Mustards Wild Garden
30
days. Look for this fast growing mix to cover the full spectrum of
colors, shapes, and flavors. Growing lime green, red-veined, solid
purple and more, the leaves range from flat and smooth to savoyed and
puckered. Fleshy stems encompass flavors from the most mild to fiery
hot. This blend offers a delicious taste adventure that will end your
culinary blahs.
Culture
• Mustard greens are easy crops to grow if planted in early spring or late summer
• Mustards are best directly sown
Direct Sowing
• Make a furrow 6 inches deep and sprinkle 1/2 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer per 10 row feet in the bottom of the furrow
• Backfill the furrow and plant the seed
• Thin after second set of true leaves
• Sow July—August for a fall crop
Transplanting
• Start indoors 3-5 weeks before anticipated transplant
• Put out after the danger of hard frost, and use 1/4 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer around each plant
• For a fall crop: start July—August for transplanting August—September
Insects & Diseases
• Common insects: Flea beetles
• Insect control: Pyrethrin, silver mulch, or row covers at planting
• Disease prevention: 5-7 year crop rotation
Culture
• Mustard greens are easy crops to grow if planted in early spring or late summer
• Mustards are best directly sown
Direct Sowing
• Make a furrow 6 inches deep and sprinkle 1/2 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer per 10 row feet in the bottom of the furrow
• Backfill the furrow and plant the seed
• Thin after second set of true leaves
• Sow July—August for a fall crop
Transplanting
• Start indoors 3-5 weeks before anticipated transplant
• Put out after the danger of hard frost, and use 1/4 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer around each plant
• For a fall crop: start July—August for transplanting August—September
Insects & Diseases
• Common insects: Flea beetles
• Insect control: Pyrethrin, silver mulch, or row covers at planting
• Disease prevention: 5-7 year crop rotation