Brassica juncea ‘Golden Streaks’
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Brassica juncea ‘Golden Streaks’, Golden Mustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Brassica
Yellow flowers followed by long seed pods with brown seeds. Attractive golden green, narrow indented leaves with a mild mustard flavour. Culinary; the leaves and flowers are edible. The seeds can be ground to make mustard.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H3 (1 to -5C)
• Type: Annual
• Height: 15cm
• Spread: 15cm
Golden Mustard is available to buy online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Fertile Loam
• pH: Acid -Neutral pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: Yellow
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: Mustard seeds have been know to cause an allergic reaction.
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In spring, into prepared plug trays or pots, cover with perlite.
• Outdoor Sowing: From mid spring into a prepared site, where the soil is rich and lightly shaded. Thin seedlings to 20cm apart.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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