Florida Broadleaf Mustard Seeds

Florida Broadleaf cant be beatflavor and productivity have made it a long-time favorite of Southern gardeners and cooks. Gardeners everywhere can grow and enjoy these healthful, delicious greens. Small leaves can be harvested for baby greens and added fresh to salads. Large leaves can be prepared a variety of ways.

Botanical Name:Brassica juncea

Days to Maturity:4560 days

Family:Brassicaceae

Native:Widespread, probably Asia

Hardiness:Frost-tolerant annual

Plant Dimensions:1622 tall

Variety Information:Large, dark green oval leaves with serrated edges up to 10 long, and 8 wide

Attributes:Good for Containers

When to Sow Outside:RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40F, ideally 6075F.Successive Sowings:Every 3 weeks until 10 to 12 weeks before your average first fall frost date for continuous harvest.Mild Climates: Sow in late fall through winter for coolseason harvest.

When to Start Inside:Not recommended; transplant stress can cause plants to bolt (prematurely flower).

Days to Emerge:510 days

Seed Depth:

Seed Spacing:A group of 3 seeds every 4 6

Row Spacing:1218

Thinning:When 3 tall, thin to 1 every 4 6

Harvesting:Harvest in the morning if possible. You may start harvesting leaves when they are 2 tall, as needed; remove no more than 1/3 of the plant if regrowth is desired, or let plant grow to maturity and harvest entire plant. Late summer crops will last until the first hard freeze.

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