Growing Mizuna, also Japanese Greens, Mitzuna, Mibuna

Brassica rapa var japonica : Brassicaceae / the mustard or cabbage family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
    P                  

(Best months for growing Mizuna in USA - Zone 5a regions)

  • P = Sow seed
  • Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 30°C. (Show °F/in)
  • Space plants: 15 - 20 cm apart
  • Harvest in 35-50 days.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Radish, lettuce
  • Mizuna leaf

Mizuna and Mibuna are both grown for their leaves. Fast growing plants which have a mild mustardy flavour when young.

Tolerates light shade. Tends to bolt in hotter weather. Grows well in pots and containers - keep mulched and well-watered.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Mizuna

Leaves used raw, stir-fried, in soups. Young flowering stems can be cooked like broccoli.

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17 Jan 20, colleen (USA - Zone 10b climate)
My mizuna is getting old and scraggly and has formed a big root like a rough turnip. I was going to pull the mizuna soon. Is the root worth eating?
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I planted some mizuna seedlings two weeks ago and they are growing well. Only problem is that yellow flowers are appearing already, before I've had a chance to use the leaves! If I snip these off will they keep giving me leaves or bolt altogether?

- Clare

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