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Mild, slightly peppery Japanese green. Very fast and cold-hardy — grown almost year-round in mild climates. Excellent cut-and-come-again salad leaf.
A fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Mizuna
Start Mizuna indoors about 4 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in partial sun, spaced about 20 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 40 days.
Mizuna seed rarely stays viable beyond 3 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 30 cm · Soil: Moist, fertile, well-draining
Chrysopidae
Golden-eyed adults that mostly drink; larvae that hunt like small alligators.
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Mizuna — and alongside each other.
