Raw / fresh
Use tender leaves or shredded cabbage raw in slaws, salads, wraps, and quick pickles.
Brassicas
Mustard growing guide
Fast-growing leafy green with peppery flavour. Young leaves are mild; mature leaves are hot. Also grown as a green manure crop to suppress soil pests.
3-7 daysGermination
30-50 daysHarvest
15 cmSpacing
0.5 cmSow depth
Full/PartSun
HardyFrost
2 cm/weekWater
5.5-6.8pH
Planting calendar by climate
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| Climate | Sow | Transplant / Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical | Apr - Aug | Apr - Aug | Apr - Sep |
| Subtropical | Feb - Aug | Feb - Aug | Mar - Sep |
| Mediterranean | Feb - Sep | Feb - Sep | Mar - Oct |
| Temperate | Feb - Sep | Feb - Sep | Mar - Oct |
| Cool | Feb - Aug | Feb - Aug | Mar - Sep |
| Arid | Mar - Aug | Mar - Aug | Apr - Sep |
Cooking and eating ideas
A quick garden-to-table guide for using Mustard after harvest.
Cooked
Steam, roast, stir-fry, braise, add to soups, gratins, curries, or tray bakes.
Store / preserve
Ferment cabbage, pickle stems, blanch and freeze florets or sturdy greens.
Try: Slaw, Roasted brassicas, Stir-fry, Fermented cabbage.
Good companions
Onion, Garlic
Avoid near
Tomato, Strawberry
Growing note
Harvest young leaves for salads. Let mature for spicy cooking greens.
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