Brassica rapa var komatsuna
Popular salad and stir fry greens from Japan. The leaves are used raw or cooked and having a flavour between cabbage and the oriental mustards. Flowering stems are used raw or cooked. Position in full sun, kept moist, a hardy plant to approx -12 deg C and can be cropped for most of the year, during winter under cover. Sow seed in situ April to September. Thin to 20-30cm apart.

Under glass nearly all the Oriental vegetables can be sown throughout most of the year, outdoors during the main growing season. All packets are supplied with germination instructions.