These are most of the varieties that have become our staple greens. They are heat tolerant and have a long growing cycle. The long growing cycle allows us to use a Cut and Come Again harvest method. This manner of harvesting saves us the effort of starting new plants from seed.
Eventually the plants will want to produce seeds or slows down. When the cycle comes to an end, we start new plants. In our update today, we will see a new cycle of plants. That it is also fall is a coincidence– it just happens that our new cycle is ramping up now.
Speaking of all, we do anticipate that our greens will grow at a slower rate due to the lower temperatures. To account for this, we have grown an extra plant or two (above the number of plants we grow during the warm months.)
‘Osaka Purple’ mustard
‘Florida Broadleaf’ mustard (not shown in this video but a very warm climate dependable green)
‘Win Win’ (hybrid) bok choy (not as sweet and delicate as real bok choy but Win Win is a great substitute for bok choy during the warm months.)
‘Monty’ (hybrid) broccoli
‘Aspabroc’ (hybrid) sprouting broccoli. It is also sold under the trademark, “Broccolini.”
‘Brococoli Raab’ aka ‘Rapini’
Zone 10b / San Gabriel Valley / Los Angeles / Southern California / USA
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Just to let you know, "Osaka" mustards are from Japan, but they are NOT from Osaka. As far as I can tell, Seeds of Change found them growing there and made that name up, about 20 years ago, and nobody ever checked to make sure it was correct.