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🌿 Mustard
Vegetable Garden · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 45 days – 90 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 4 days |
| Spacing | 6″ in the row × 18″ between rows |
| Planted as | seed |
| Water | ~1–1.5 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Recommended planting window around Apr 1.
| Spring | Fall | |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 3 | May 1 | Jul 23 |
| Zone 4 | Apr 23 | Jul 28 |
| Zone 5 | Apr 12 | Aug 10 |
| Zone 6 | Apr 1 | Aug 22 |
| Zone 7 | Mar 18 | Sep 12 |
| Zone 8 | Mar 1 | Sep 27 |
| Zone 9 | Feb 6 | Oct 12 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Mustard Types
- Leaf · 45 days · 0.5–1.5 lbs/plant — The greens (Southern Giant Curled, Green Wave) — cut-and-come-again; frost sweetens, heat bites.
- White · 60 days · 0.1–0.1 lbs/plant — Sinapis alba — the yellow condiment seed and the classic cover-crop mustard; quickest to pod.
- Brown · 90 days · 0.1–0.1 lbs/plant — The B. juncea grain — spicier condiment seed and oilseed; let pods dry before threshing.
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