Description
Experience the best of versatility and flavor with 'Spinach Tendergreen' Japanese greens. Also known as mustard spinach or komatsuna, this unique variety produces smooth, glossy dark green leaves that are milder than traditional mustards. Perfect for baby greens or mature harvests, 'Spinach Tendergreen' thrives in cool weather and tolerates heat, cold, and dry conditions. Slow to bolt and easy to grow, it’s an ideal choice for gardens or containers.
This packet sows up to 200 feet. 1,200 seeds in packet.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica
Days to Maturity: 30–60 days
Family: Brassicaceae
Native: Probably Eurasia
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 24″ tall, and 16″–24″ wide
Variety Information: Smooth dark green, glossy leaves with thin, lighter green midribs and milder flavor than true mustards. Flowers, stalks, and buds are also edible. Slow to bolt and is heat and cold tolerant.
Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–75°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 10 to 12 weeks before your average first fall frost date for continuous harvest. Mild Climates: Sow in late fall through winter for cool–season harvest.
When to Start Inside: Not recommended; transplant stress can cause plants to bolt (prematurely flower).
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 4″ – 6″
Row Spacing: 12″–18″
Thinning: When 3″ tall, thin to 1 every 4″ – 6″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Harvest in the morning if possible. You may start harvesting leaves when they are 2″ tall, as needed; remove no more than 1/3 of the plant if regrowth is desired, or let plant grow to maturity and harvest entire plant. Late summer crops will last until the first hard freeze.
