Mustard Seeds, Southern Giant Curled Mustard, NON-GMO, Heirloom Seed, 40/200/400 Seeds(40 Seeds)

Southern Giant Curled Mustard Seed, 40/200/400 Seed PacketMaturity 50-70 days. All-America Selections winner for 1935. With crumpled, frilled edges, the bright green leaves impart a mild, mustardy flavor.Served raw, the young leaves are tasty in salads. They're also delicious lightly stir-fried or sauteed. This heirloom mustard is a superb candidate for freezing or canning. Cold-resistant and slow to bolt, the large, upright and vigorous plants spread to 18-24. Harvest young leaves in about 50 days or more mature leaves in about 70.For optimum flavor, grow in cool weather.Prepare the bed by turning the soil under to a depth of 8 inches. Level with a rake to remove clumps of grass and stones.Sow in average well-worked soil in full sun. Do not plant where members of the cabbage family were planted in the past two years. Plant in early spring and again in midsummer for a fall crop.In rows 24 inches apart, sow seeds evenly and cover with frac12; inch fine soil. Firm lightly and water gently.Seedlings emerge in 10-21 days depending on soil and weather conditions.For continuous harvest, sow every 14 days until the weather becomes hot.Thin gradually to stand 12 inches apart starting when seedlings are about 1-2 inches high.