Red Splendor Mustard Green is an exclusive open-pollinated cultivar with striking dark red and green, deeply lobed leaves that mature in just 21 days. This compact Brassica juncea thrives in cool-season gardens and handles frost with ease, making it a reliable choice for spring and fall harvests. The deeply cut foliage is as visually dramatic as it is flavorful, and its quick turnaround means you can succession-sow for continuous harvests throughout the season.
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Dark red and green deeply lobed leaves distinguish this variety from standard mustard greens, giving it real visual drama in the garden and on the plate. At just 21 days to harvest, Red Splendor rewards impatient gardeners with mature leaves at 3 to 6 inches, perfect for cut-and-come-again picking. Its compact growth habit and frost tolerance make it equally at home in spring beds, fall tunnels, and even winter harvests in mild climates.
Red Splendor is grown for its tender young leaves, which can be harvested at 3 to 6 inches and used raw in salads for their peppery bite and striking color, or cooked as a quick-cooking green. The deeply lobed foliage is ornamental enough to add visual interest to vegetable gardens and salad bowls alike.
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Sow seeds directly into the garden at a soil temperature between 50 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit, spacing plants 6 inches apart in rows 15 inches apart.
Harvest Red Splendor by cutting leaves with a knife when they reach 3 to 6 inches in size. Cut above the basal plate to encourage cut-and-come-again harvests, and the plant will regenerate for another cutting in 5 to 14 days depending on season and growing conditions.
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