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How to Save Mustard Green Seeds for Planting | Gardener's Path
12.06.2023 - 00:55 / gardenerspath.com / Rose Kennedy
How to Save Mustard Green Seeds for PlantingIt seems like you only have to look away for a second, or maybe a day, and your mature mustard greens will start flowering.
And not long after that, they’re full of seed pods.
In some circumstances you can collect the seeds and save them for replanting next season or to share with friends.
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Mustard greens are a cool-weather crop, usually grown in the spring or fall and are typically ready to harvest after 30-60 days, depending on the variety.
The most popular types to grow for the spicy, flavorful leaves are Brassica juncea, B. rapa var. japonica and B. rapa var. narinosa.
You can learn more about how to grow mustard greens in our guide.
In this article, I’m going to cover how to save seeds from your mustard greens for planting.
Planting ConsiderationsWhen mustard greens bolt the leaves become excessively bitter, putting an end to your harvest.
The plants send up flower stalks with small yellow blooms. After the flowers have opened up, they attract pollinators, and after pollination the pods start to form.
If you are intending to harvest the seeds, you need to keep in mind that mustard greens can cross-pollinate with other varieties of the same species, and if that happens, the saved seeds won’t grow true to the variety you planted.
Mizuna, for example, is a variety of B. rapa, as are all types of turnip. If you have turnips growing nearby, you run the risk of cross-pollination.
There is no danger of cross pollination between different Brassica species, so you don’t need to worry if you are growing kale or cabbage nearby.
If you are growing a hybrid variety, plants grown from
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