Mustard Lime Streaks ( Brassica juncea ) is an annual green vegetable grown for its mild, tasty leaves. This variety of Mustard Greens is ideal for salads with its mild flavour and bright, green colour. Leaves are tender and can be added to stirfrys, sandwiches, salads or used to make a tasty mustard sauce.
Lime Streaks is fast growing and can be harvested within 50 days. Like most mustards, Lime Streaks is an excellent source of Vitamins C and K, and research has found that eating Mustard Greens can help prevent heart disease.
Another benefit of Mustard Lime Streaks is that it can be cut down as it dies off in late-Autumn and used as a nitrogen-rich green manure. Lime Streaks is also known as Chinese Lime Streaks.
Other Mustard varieties available are Tendergreen, Red Giant and Japanese Mustard.
Growth
Mustard Lime Streaks is a cold hardy vegetable that grows to 50 cm (20 inches). It requires moist, but well drained soil and prefers full sun, although tolerates some shade.
Most mustard greens are cool season annuals and can tolerate light frosts for short periods. Lime Streaks can be harvested after 50 days from sowing. Space seedlings around 20cm apart.
As weather becomes too hot or cold, Mustards will turn to seed and start growing again when the temperatures suit.
Note: Germination instructions can be found in the ‘Germination Instructions Tab’ below. Upon purchase you will receive these detailed instructions via email so that you have a permanent record.
FAMILY:
Brassicaceae
CLIMATE:
Cold to Tropical
TEMPERATURE RANGE:
7 to 27°C / 45 to 80°F can withstand light frosts and hot temperatures for short periods.
SOIL TYPE:
Soil should be loose and well-draining.
LOCATION:
Full sun will tolerate some shade.
HEIGHT:
Up to 18 cm’s (7 inches) above ground
WIDTH:
Up to 42 cm’s (15 inches)
pH:
6.0-7.0
GROWTH TYPE:
Annual
WATER REQUIREMENTS:
Medium
POLLINATION:
Pollinated by Wind. Bees required to produce seed.
MATURITY:
Average 60-70 days
GERMINATION RATES:
92%
GERMINATION TIME:
7-14 days at temperatures between 10-23°C / 50-75°F
GERMINATION DIFFICULTY:
Easy
SEEDS PER GRAM:
Approximately 250
MEDICINAL QUALITIES:
Yes
WEED POTENTIAL:
No
EDIBLE:
Yes
SEED STORAGE & VIABILITY:
Cold Storage at 4°C (Fridge) up to 4 years.
FACTS ABOUT BRASSICA JUNCEA (Mustard Lime Streaks)
For a sweeter taste, harvest Lime Streaks leaves when temperatures are cooler.
Blending Lime Streaks leaves with oil makes a bright green, mild-flavoured mustard sauce.
Mustards are part of the same plant family as Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower and Kale.
Although often called Japanese Mustards, most mustards originate in China.
