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Mizuna
Mizuna is a fast oriental leaf crop with feathery mildly peppery leaves suited to salads, quick cooking and mixed leaf sowings. It grows rapidly, looks attractive in the bed and is useful for filling short seasonal gaps with quality leafy harvests.
Basic information
Category
Vegetables
Lifecycle
Annual
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
2 companions · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Days to harvest
35 days
Germination window
4–10 days
Germination temperature
10–20 °C
Plant spacing
20 cm
Row spacing
30 cm
Sowing depth
1 cm
Height
30 cm
Spread
20 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
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Care tips
Grow mizuna in cool weather whenever possible, because flavour and leaf quality are best before heat pushes flowering. Keep plants watered, cut while growth is young and upright, and resow regularly for a continuous supply.
Common pests
Flea beetles, slugs, aphids, bolting.
Don’t grow with
No crops to avoid have been added yet.