Brassica Nigra
Black Mustard
Black mustard can be eaten as a peppery tasting salad leaf, either when picked very young, or chopped finely. It can also be cooked Also grown for the seed, which can be ground up as black mustard condiment, or can be used whole in pickles.
Contributed by @mauradells
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Full sun to partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and rich
Common name
Black Mustard
Latin name
Brassica Nigra
type
Herb
family
Brassicaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.06 M
1.20 M
Brassica Nigra
Black mustard can be eaten as a peppery tasting salad leaf, either when picked very young, or chopped finely. It can also be cooked Also grown for the seed, which can be ground up as black mustard condiment, or can be used whole in pickles.
Planting out
From Early Spring TO Mid Summer
Plant seedlings 4 - 6 inches apart in organically rich, consistently moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Plant them every other week for an ongoing supply of leaf.
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mauradells