Chinese leaves Mizuna is a very quick growing salad plant with a high yield. Forms a thick rosette with finely divided pale green leaves, which can be cut up to five times. Light cabbage flavour.
Characteristics
Botanical name: Brassica rapa var. japonicaFlavour: light cabbage flavour
Cultivation
Raise in seed bed: for open ground: beginning of February till beginning of September for planting out from beginning of March till end of September
for greenhouse: from beginning of January for planting out from mid of February
for overwintering: till mid of September for planting out till beginning of October
Sowing depth: 1-2 cmAmount of seed needed: 100-150 g/a; ca. 80 seeds per running metreSeed germination temperature: 15-20 °CCultivation note: frost-hardy to -10 °CPlanting distance: direct sowing 15-25 x 2 cm
planting 15-25 x 10-15 cm
Direct sowing: greenhouse: mid of February till March and end of August till mid of September
open ground: March till beginning of September
Optimal amount of plants: ca. 500 plants/m²
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Origin
Multiplier: Gärtnerei Spiren / Per Andersen, Warmonderhofstede vof / Johan VerheyeCerifications: Demeter, EU Bio
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