Here is a cool season crop
That provides delicious and spicy greens and is easy to grow
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Hello friends in today's episode we will look at growing mustard greens
And how you can grow this plant to harvest the leaves of the plant
Which can be used in a variety of dishes that you can prepare
The mustard plant is a cool season crop that is grown for its leafy greens
And as we all know the mustard plant also produces seeds
Which are ground up into a paste
Which is used to prepare the mustard, the yellow mustard
That we eat with our sandwiches
So let's take a look at the mustard plant in detail
And see how you can grow
This lovely cool season crop
Very easily in your home garden
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So I've been growing mustard for several years now
And I've realized that this variety of mustard
Which is called the Florida BroadLeaf mustard
Is specifically bred for its large leafy greens
Now just like any other plant, the mustard plant will also produce flowers and seeds
But that usually means that your plant has gone into bolt
Which is usually due to high temperatures in your area
And mustard being a cool season crop, does not like high temperatures
So you want to grow your mustard greens for its leafy greens in the cooler months
Now mustard greens can be easily grown in a small container
As you can see here, we are getting really large leaves from this 5 gallon pot
And the mustard greens do not have very dense root systems
So you could even grow them in containers that are smaller than this
And they would still give you a lot of leafy greens very easily
And what I have realized is that by just growing a few plants
Maybe even like 2-3 plants are more than enough to give you a steady supply of mustard greens
throughout the season
So as you can see here these leaves are pretty large
And that's why it gets the name Broad Leaf
Because its specifically bred for producing these broad and giant leaves
That you can use in your cooking
And as you keep harvesting your mustard greens
They will keep growing back, again and again
As long as the temperatures are cool
And mustard greens can also be grown very easily in raised beds
As you can see here
We have a raised bed which is about 10 inches tall
And we're growing our mustard greens here
And in the months of December and January
When pretty much all the other crops are not growing
The leafy greens like mustard will keep producing
And keep giving you these large leaves that you can use
So for those of you who haven't tried mustard greens
Mustard greens have a very distinctive spicy flavor to them
And unlike other greens like lettuce and most of the other greens that you would eat in
your salad
The mustard green is mostly eaten cooked
So let me share with you a popular recipe with mustard greens
Which is an Indian dish called "sarson da saag"
And this is how you would prepare this lovely dish
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So have you tried growing mustard greens in your garden?
I would like to hear from you
Maybe you call it with a different name?
I'd like to know your experiences growing mustard greens
And the Florida Broad Leaf variety is one of the most popular mustard greens
That are grown by gardeners around the world
So let me know what you think
And the mustard greens is also a lovely addition to your cool season crops
So that's all I have for you in today's episode
I'll see you again soon
Until then...Happy Gardening!
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