Harvesting Mustard Green Flowers
Have you ever seen Mustard Green Flowers? Or, mustard green plants? Mustard Green Flowers are one of my favorite ingredients for side dishes that are usually mixed with tofu or tempeh.
Mustard Green Flowers are quite hard to find in the market because not many farmers cultivate Mustard Green Flowers. Instead, farmers only plant mustard green plants without flowers.
Actually, the flowering phase of mustard green plants will appear when the mustard green plants become old, and we do not harvest their main shoots. Of course, it takes a long time, about two months, and we can no longer eat their leaves because mustard green leaves that are harvested too late will become bitter.
Then, what about the Mustard Green Flowers that I planted? Actually, I planted a different type of mustard green plants. This is a mustard green plant that is specifically harvested for its flowers. So, I don't need to wait up to two months by planting this type.
With the type of mustard green plants that are specifically for flowering, they can be harvested in just one month. At first, I was not so confident and I thought I would fail to plant them. Because, this is my first time planting this type of vegetable.
At first, it was only this small. Mustard green seeds were transplanted when they were 2 weeks old.
Then, two weeks after transplanting, mustard green plants can be pruned and fertilized. I use manure for this plant.
I was not so confident because their leaves looked small. Then, I was surprised by their development, because when they were almost a month old, they only grew bigger before finally flowering.
Even though I planted them organically, it turned out that the stems of each mustard green plant were very large! They also have many branches to produce many flowers. So, I can harvest them repeatedly. Until the time I posted about Mustard Green Flowers, I had harvested them twice.
I harvested them at 35 days old. In addition to their flowers, of course, I also harvested their young leaves. I will also cook the leaves.
Wow, so beautiful! The flowers of the mustard green plants that I finally managed to plant and harvest! Of course, in another blog, I will share a recipe about these beautiful Mustard Green Flowers. Stay tuned!
Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari
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I loved reading about your experience with mustard green flowers! It’s amazing how you successfully grew them and harvested both the flowers and leaves. Looking forward to your recipe post!🌿✨
I was curious about the flower, why you would take the trouble to grow this part of the plant, specifically. It seems the flowers have great nutritional value
Interesting plant... apparently one of the oldest in the world. Never thought about mustard plants before :)
Friend, when i have my own garden, i need to take class with you, hahaha. Your plants always looks wonderful care, and your posts with good information! Also when you prepare the mustard on food, i recommend you use honey or orange juicy, the mix is good with sour sweet food. 😀👍
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Incorporating new plants in your garden is important, especially those that you cannot find in the market and that you like to incorporate in your diet. The mustard flowers look beautiful. Your garden is very colorful and looks beautiful. Greetings.🤗🥰
beautiful garden with lots of fresh vegetables.. i hope i can make a mini garden like yours soon sis.. thanks for giving me the idea ❤
You've been doing an amazing job with your garden. It's really nice to see this.
One of the advantage of having a garden and planting different plants on it ┏(＾0＾)┛. Seems like all the plants in your garden are truly loved by you ┏(＾0＾)┛. Seeing how beautifully and fast they grow.
Hi Anggrek Lestari,
What a nice outfit you are wearing to pick the mustard flowers.
;)
❤️ after reading this comment, I realized my dress match with those mustard green flowers 🤣
😂 Yes!
Harvesting time always makes a smile on the face... It's time consuming Good work... Thank you for sharing your valuable experience with us..
yeeeees, I love harvest time, seems my hard work is payoff, I love it!
Yes you are right 👍👍
Too bad, you just wait a little longer and get seeds that you can replant. Thats the way to get free seeds from nature :D
No, this plant is not for seeds, because I plant mustard green flowers type, not mustars green leaves. So I am not gonna make seeds because I want to eat those flowers ehehe
i love growing mustard greens. but, I must admit I never let them flower because I always harvest them before then. Something new to try!
You should grow from the different varieties. Because when you let your mustard greens blooming, it will be bitter in taste because they are already old, but yeah you can just eat the flowers not the leaves once they had flowers season.
This type of plant usually thrives in Asian regions, not in cold places like where I live.
yeah, that's true. Here in Indonesia is rich in sunlight. :)
Lovely place! We visited there before for a tour. =)