Courtyard Cultivation Methods and Planting Techniques for Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard

Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard Courtyard Cultivation

Also known as spicy greens, spring greens. Brassicaceae, Brassica genus, native to China. Annual or biennial herbaceous plant. Leaves grow on a shortened stem, with elliptical, ovate, obovate, lanceolate and other shapes; leaf colors include green, dark green, and green with blood-thread-like stripes. Leaf surface smooth or wrinkled, leaf margins serrated or wavy, leaf base shallowly lobed or deeply lobed. Corolla yellow.

1. Environment: Optimum germination temperature 22-25°C, optimum growth temperature 15-20°C. Likes sunlight but also tolerates partial shade. Not demanding about soil, but fertile loam is best. Likes moisture; water frequently during the growing period, and pay attention to drainage during the rainy season.

2. Sowing: Evenly scatter seeds on the growing medium, cover with a thin layer of growing medium after sowing, water thoroughly, keep warm and moist. Seedlings emerge 2-3 days after sowing.

3. Thinning and final spacing: Thin promptly after emergence. Generally, when seedlings grow to 2-3 true leaves, they can be finalized or transplanted, with a spacing of 10-15 cm.

4. Water and fertilizer management: In hot seasons, water every morning and evening; in other seasons, adjust according to weather and plant growth, with the principle of keeping the soil consistently moist. During the growing period, apply urea or compound fertilizer 2-3 times along with irrigation.

5. Harvest: About 30 days from sowing to harvest; ready when there are about 10-12 leaves.

6. Nutrition and eating: Mustard contains a variety of vitamins and dietary fiber; it can improve eyesight and promote gastric and intestinal digestion, and stimulate appetite. Its crisp and tender green leaves are edible, and can be stir-fried, used in soups, or pickled and processed before eating.

① Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard seeds

② 2015-10-14 Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard sowing

③ 2015-10-18 Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard, 4 days after sowing, emergence

④ 2015-10-21 Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard, 7 days after sowing

⑥ 2015-10-29 Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard, 15 days after sowing

⑨ 2015-11-8 Hong Kong Bamboo Mustard, 25 days after sowing, harvest