Full Sun
Easy care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
H4
RHS hardiness
-10°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
50cm | Max | 40cm |
30cm | Min | 20cm |
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
This plant has a mild fragrance
Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills' Overview
This vigorous rosette forming annual has upright bright green stems with edible deeply lobed maroon leaves. Yellow flowers are produced in summer. Leaves have a strongly pungent smell.
Common problems with Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills'
Cabbage worms and aphids feed on the leaves. Wash these pests away with a blast of water. Mustard is susceptible to white rust. Remove leaves that have white rust. Water plants at the base of the stem keeping moisture off the leaves.Clubroot attacks the roots. Rotate so that mustard greens do no stay in the same area for more than 2 years.
Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills' Companion Plants
English Peas, Snap Peas
How to harvest Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills'
Harvest leaves 45-55 days after germination when the entire plant is 30-45cm tall. For baby greens, cut when leaves are approx 1.5cm long. Smaller & younger leaves tend to be milder than mature leaves. Leaves are hotter in soil that is too dry or poor.
How to propagate Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills'
Seed
Grow in warm, fertile, well-drained soil in alkaline or neutral soil in full sun. Sow seed in situ in spring or start under glass in early spring. Planting in midsummer in hot weather may cause early bolting.
Special features of Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills'
Attracts useful insects
Bees
Other uses of Chinese Mustard 'Red Frills'
Medicinal. Culinary. Ornamental.
Edible
Leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked like spinach.
Medicinal
Good source of vitamins, minerals and fibre.
Edibles to Sow Under Cover in November
Grow these on a sunny windowsill or heated propagator for winter picking.
Microgreens
Grow these leafy greens in your windowsill over the winter months for quick and tasty micro leaves.
