MUSTARD LEAF PURPLE CROWN

Description

Mustard Leaf (Brassica juncea)

Purple Crown

Leaf Mustard ‘Purple Crown’ has attractive upright purple leaves with a mild spicy flavour, used extensively in Asian cooking or eaten fresh as micro-greens.

English common name: Leaf Mustard

Typical leaf size: 6 x 4cm (length x width)

Maturity: Early, fast cropping for successional sowing

Best period to harvest: seedlings as micro-greens, small leaves for salads or larger leaves for stir-fries.

Production: greenhouse and containers.

Culinary use: eat leaves and stems fresh as micro-greens and larger leaves, as an unusual alternative in salads. Can also be used in stir-fries.