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GREEN GIANT

Product Description:

Brassica rapa, Perviridis Group 45 days. Picture a melding of a tatsoi mustard and a pac choi, and you’ll have an idea of the essence of Green Giant. Bringing the best qualities of both crops, this exceptional variety produces large, spoon-shaped leaves in silky emerald with wide, succulent stems. An ideal selection for dense plantings so you can selectively harvest baby greens while allowing a portion of the plants to reach full size. Stands of Green Giant in our trials show robustly healthy plants with flawless foliage, when the typical mustard crops are choice snacking for flea beetles. Astoundingly bolt-resistant, Green Giant provides a season-long harvest of tender, mildly spiced leaves for salads, stir fries and brazing.
  • Key Features:

SEED

$3.95

$3.95

  • Key Features:

Soil Temp for Germ 40–75°F
Seed Depth ¼"
Seed Spacing 1"
Days to Emergence 2–15
Thin Plants to 6–18"
Row Spacing 9–18"
Fertilizer Needs Medium
Minimum Germination 80%
Seeds per Gram 450
Seed Life 3 years

Days to maturity are calculated from date of direct seeding.

Culture
• Mustard greens are easy crops to grow if planted in early spring or late summer
• Mustards are best directly sown

Direct Sowing
• Make a furrow 6 inches deep and sprinkle 1/2 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer per 10 row feet in the bottom of the furrow
• Backfill the furrow and plant the seed
• Thin after second set of true leaves
• Sow July—August for a fall crop

Transplanting
• Start indoors 3-5 weeks before anticipated transplant
• Put out after the danger of hard frost, and use 1/4 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer around each plant
• For a fall crop: start July—August for transplanting August—September

Insects & Diseases
• Common insects: Flea beetles
• Insect control: Pyrethrin, silver mulch, or row covers at planting
• Disease prevention: 5-7 year crop rotation

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