Comments on: Harvest Tendergreen Mustard Spinach

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:52:20 +0000

Update: I am noticing that the stems the flowers were gowing on are starting to thicken and it looks like these will become the seed pods? If so, I am going to have hundreds of seeds from just one plant – and I let about 4 go to seed. I hope so, that will be great. I will keep you posted. Thanks!

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:47:34 +0000

Some of mine are blooming too. Last year I let 4-5 plants go to seed. They grew tall and produced little pods with 5-6 seeds in each one. The pods looked like arugula pods that I get. When the pods were fat with seed, I cut them off, put them in a tray in a warm, dry, place, until they dried out. Then I opened the pods and saved the seeds. I hope this cool weather will not prevent the flowers from forming pods. Good luck, Joe. Let us know how they turn out!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:11:57 +0000

Do you have any idea how/when to collect to seeds from this plant? I let a few bolt to followers and they get these pretty, yellow, small flowers, but they just fall off and I don’t see any seed pods or anything like that? Any ideas?

By: Buzz

Buzz — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:29:27 +0000

Plant in full Sun to light shade. pH 6.6 – 7.8. Approximate germination time 2 – 10 days. Quick Growing! Heat and cold tolerant, leaves have a mild taste like a cross between cabbage and mustard greens. Pre-plant with plenty of compost and manure, Blood meal, Bone meal and Pot Ash, ensuring the bed contains ample nitrogen to promoting fast, healthy leaf growth (alfalfa meal, soybean meal, cottonseed meal, feather meal, blood meal, or fish meal). Prefers moisture-retentive, well-drained soil rich in organic matter. Mild flavor and can be eaten raw or cooked. Will bolt becoming bitter in hot weather. Start harvesting individual outer leaves from each plant as soon as you see many new leaves pushing out from the center of the plant. Once you have started harvesting from a plant, trim any unusable outer leaves that have become tough, weather beaten, or bug eaten, promoting rapid growth of new leaves from the center. When plants start to bolt, pull up completely, unless you want to collect the seeds for subsequent planting DANGER SEED POISONOUS!!. High in vitamins A, K, & C. Cabbage moth aka cabbage butterfly is a significant pest of this plant, covering the plant in fine netting works best. Alternaria mildew may become a problem. It helps to practice crop rotation, plant certified or treated seeds, use an anti-fungal spray such as baking soda or Neem oil, keep garden clear of host weeds such as wild legumes – yellow clover, etc. Deer resistant!

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By: Callie

Callie — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:44:00 +0000

Thank you for the message. I don’t know why there are such problems with you being able to leave comments. You could make a Yahoo email account and try using that when you leave comments. I wonder if there isn’t some box checked somewhere in your blogspot settings that is causing the problem?

These greens sound very good. I like that the grow in low temps and mature so quickly.