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Mustard Greens: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

If you like mustard, you'll love mustard greens! It's also one of the most beneficial things you can add to your diet to prevent cancer. They'll thrive in cool weather and add a flavorful, spicy kick to your diet. This blog post talks about how you can grow your own mustard greens with our free From Seed to Spoon Mobile App.
If you like mustard, you’ll love mustard greens! It’s also one of the most beneficial things you can add to your diet to prevent cancer. They’ll thrive in cool weather and add a flavorful, spicy kick to your diet. This blog post talks about how you can grow your own mustard greens with our free From Seed to Spoon Mobile App.

How to Grow:

You can plant mustard greens in both the spring and the fall! You can plant directly outdoors 2-4 weeks before your last spring frost and 6-8 weeks before your first fall frost. You can see specific dates for your location using our FREE iOS, Android, and Universal Web App.

Plant mustard seeds 1/4 -1/2 inch deep up to 16 per square foot in the full sun to part shade. Take care to notice what plants are around the area as well, see the companion plant section below. These seeds will begin to sprout in approximately 5-10 days with consistent moisture.

Companion Plants:

Companion planting is a vital part of organic gardening. Companion plants assist in the growth of others by attracting beneficial insects, repelling pests, or providing nutrients, shade, or support. There are also plants that do not like being next to each other. Some plants get too tall and can provide too much shade for your plant. Sometimes certain plants attract the same pests, so it is important to try and separate these. Herbs are especially great companion plants because they help to repel pests from your other plants!

         Good Bad
Beets Marigolds Beans (Bush & Pole)
Cabbage Marjoram Sunflowers
Cantaloupe Mint  
Carrots Nasturtiums  
Catnip Onions  
Cauliflower Oregano  
Chamomile Peas  
Corn Rosemary  
Cucumbers Sage  
Dill Tarragon  
Eggplant Thyme  

See companion plants for 80+ foods in our FREE iOS, Android, and Universal Web app!

Pests:

Pests can be one of the most difficult challenges you face in the garden. We strive to grow food without the use of pesticide and luckily there are natural solutions for most of these nasty pests! The pests listed below are common pests for mustard greens:

Learn more about how to manage pests and attract beneficial insects in our FREE iOS, Android, and Universal Web App!

Harvesting:

Mustard greens are a fast growing plant! You can begin to harvest in about 21-45 days when they are 6-8 inches long. Pick the leaves on the outside first, and work your way to the inner.

Cooking & Eating!

Soak mustard leaves in ice cold water to help remove any bugs that may have remained and to increase preservability. Use immediately or store in the refrigerator in a ziplock bag with a damp paper towel.

 

Learn more about growing over 80+ different foods, including how to manage various pests in our FREE iOS, Android, or new Universal Web App!

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11 thoughts on “Mustard Greens: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

  1. I do not think of mustard greens as something that is actually ‘grown’. It used to be a very common cover crop. We just went out and took what we wanted. Mustard produced for a very long season, and if we wanted to, we could cut some down in summer so that it would start over and still be making new foliage while the rest were finishing. It seeded before getting cut, so we could get seed if we wanted to as well.

  2. I from Florida . It was widely grown for sale by farmers in my area. It was not used as a cover crop. We used to grow it in the spring and freeze enough to last the year.

  3. It’s best to plant mustard greens around January to April or July to October, depending on where you live and the frost dates of your locality.

  4. Me from Florida. It was grown on a large scale for sale by farmers in my area. It was not used as a cover crop. We used to grow it in spring and freeze it long enough to last year round.

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