"Dragon Tongue" Mustard

Brassica juncea

A ruffled green leaf mustard with exquisite contrasting purple veins. Dragon Tongue was developed by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed in the heart of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. These mustard greens are sweet, spicy and the slowest to bolt in our trials! Excellent for both spring and fall mustard crops. Enjoy leaves in salads, sautéed and as kraut, adding a delicious garlicky note to lacto-ferments.

Growing Instruction:

Mustards are a cool weather crop and will bolt in the heat of summer.

Start indoors in early spring and transplant out mid spring. Alternatively, direct sow as soon as soil can be worked in early spring. Sow again in late summer for fall crop.

For baby greens: Space plants 2 inches apart in rows 6-8 inches apart.

For bunching greens: Space plants 6 inches apart in rows 12-15 inches apart.

Amend with compost and a fall annual legume cover crop to fix nitrogen where crop will grow. Make sure soil pH is between 5.8 and 7.0. If plant needs a growing boost, water with nitrogen tea or compost tea a few times. If trace minerals are inadequate sprinkle a small amount of woodash or azomite in each planting hole.

Cover with row cover to prevent extensive flea beetle damage.

Harvest Instructions:

Harvest leaves as a cut and come again baby greens.