Mizuna is incredibly prolific. I grow mine in a square pot less than two feet across. It grows like crazy and there's enough to cut down our grocery bills. I replace half the lettuce in salads, add it to soups and stir fry -- absolutely anything. And if you let it bolt and go to seed, it produces millions of them and as the video says, virtually every seed germinates. On my balcony, I grow all of the green onions, parsley, mizuna, and carrot greens I can use, not to mention pineapples and tomatoes.
Yes! I wish it was more widely talked about as a stir fry / cooked ingredient. I know folks don't all love it raw but it's so much more mellow cooked and as you say, very very prolific. I actually thought I'd killed our for the season by cutting it at/below the soil and a couple even survived and are back in vegetative mode =)
@@NextdoorHomestead Raw -- just think of it as a green piece of radish, so cut it up! Cooked, it goes with everything. And don't forget that the leaf stalks are ENTIRELY edible. Unlike parsley, carrots, or celery, they do not contain strings that get between your teeth and are pleasantly crunchy. By the way, squirrels don't like mizuna very much and you can not only grow them in containers, you can grow it in hanging pots out of the reach of deer.
@Lost pelican Bolting is easiest to deal with via proper timing. The most common causes of bolting is too much heat and/or fluctuating conditions that stress the plant out. So our Mizuna will bolt as winter turns to Spring and our Spring-planted Mizuna will bolt as Summer hits too. And it won't grow during summer at all without a lot of extra work and materials like shade cloth (i have very hot summers though!). So basically, I'd recommend trying to plant it during your mild/cool shoulder seasons if you have them. Mizuna grows fast so you don't need a long summer growing season to get a good harvest! Cheers =)
Zone 5b, I planted a curly leaf mustard variety (Southern Giant?) years ago-it's been indestructible ever since. It creates two crops -one early summer one in the fall, from its own self seeding. It can survive well into cold late falls. The leaves are great in Asian style noodle soups.
Thank you for the video. This year, I replaced mixed salad greens with Mizuna because Mizuna (from Kyoto) is tender, a bit tougher than mixed salad, very nutritious, and easy to grow (all year round). I also add Mibuna (from Kyoto) to my salad bowl when I need a bit of spicy touch.
Haha good call! I was just in the garden and it's insane how much more productive the mizuna is than the arugula. I like em both but no question I'd go with mizuna if I had to choose one.
I used to live in London which is blisteringly hot and sunny in the summer. I had a huge grow on my window ledges and on the balcony. Then I moved central Scotland. When I tried to do a window grow it was a disaster. Its like a mild version of Sweden up here. During winter its ridiculous... shortest day is like six and a bit hours, and sun barely makes it above the horizon. The summers are lovely, mild and short. Nearly everything I tried to grow just about sprouted, and then floundered. Too cold on the window ledge, and not enough direct light. The one exception was mizuna. This was the one thing I had never tried to grow before, and it seemed much more hardy with both temperature and tolerating poor lighting. I am now an instant fan, and this year Im going to try and grow it outdoors.
This was such a fun comment to read, thank you for sharing! I've never been to Scotland and London only during Winter so I can't really even imagine. In fact, I'm not sure I've gardened in a zone lower than 9 now that I think about it... Anyhow, I'm such a fan of Mizuna. Love to know I'm not alone!
Ah apologies! I've never tried and have never spoken with another grower about it either. I'll see what I can find but I don't want to give you the wrong answer!
Oooo good question! It's stronger than the slow bolt arugula we grow but not as strong as some varieties of arugula. I've found it does a better job of mellowing out when cooked though.
I think i planted too many seeds into my small pot, when they sprout I might need to find a way to get more pots :) I intended to only have a small mizuna in my bedroom but I think i'll end up with a whole orchard accidentally 😂 the seeds are germinating under a tesco freezer bag in the pot nice moist soil edit: chatgpt told me I have to unfortunately let some pass, I might send a note to my neighbour asking if she'd like a seedling but I live in an apartment and only have a small pot for my mizuna, i'll keep a seedling but i'm not sure if the seedlings are edible, if they are they'll add a kick to my maggi noodles
You can definitely plant Mizuna densely, but at a certain point you'll just get microgreens =) In a small pot indoors, I'd personally probably try and concentrate on just having one or a couple and seeing how they do the first year!
"...heat waves into the 80's" That's hilarious. I do grow mizuna in the fall and spring, but if highs in the 80's count as a heatwave, I have a non-stop heatwave from May through October. Let a few mizuna plants go to seed, by the way. You'll attract a ton of native pollinators and have seeds for years.
Surely you would appreciate the list of most nutritious plants for mankind, in correct dosages of course: Pears Pomegranate Artichokes Cruciferous Vegetables (Red cabbage,...) Cucumbers Tropaeolum majus Zucchini Broccoli Nutmeg Oranges Chicory Traveler Sesame Lettuces (spinach, beet leaves, lambs romaine iceberg butterhead) Mizuna Gingseng
Got this as my free seed pack from bakers creek, wasn't sure about it but now I'm excited!
Oooooh that's a good one! They're pretty good at choosing fun stuff for those freebies aren't they.
Same! Mine just came today. I'm so excited to try it.
@@abcdefghijklomop3414 So I just went out and picked some from my garden. ZERO pest damage on rows where peas and lettuce got obliterated by insects.
Me 2! I'm excited can't wait
Mizuna is incredibly prolific. I grow mine in a square pot less than two feet across. It grows like crazy and there's enough to cut down our grocery bills. I replace half the lettuce in salads, add it to soups and stir fry -- absolutely anything. And if you let it bolt and go to seed, it produces millions of them and as the video says, virtually every seed germinates. On my balcony, I grow all of the green onions, parsley, mizuna, and carrot greens I can use, not to mention pineapples and tomatoes.
Yes! I wish it was more widely talked about as a stir fry / cooked ingredient. I know folks don't all love it raw but it's so much more mellow cooked and as you say, very very prolific. I actually thought I'd killed our for the season by cutting it at/below the soil and a couple even survived and are back in vegetative mode =)
@@NextdoorHomestead Raw -- just think of it as a green piece of radish, so cut it up! Cooked, it goes with everything. And don't forget that the leaf stalks are ENTIRELY edible. Unlike parsley, carrots, or celery, they do not contain strings that get between your teeth and are pleasantly crunchy. By the way, squirrels don't like mizuna very much and you can not only grow them in containers, you can grow it in hanging pots out of the reach of deer.
@Lost pelican Use hanging pots. Cheers!
@Lost pelican Bolting is easiest to deal with via proper timing. The most common causes of bolting is too much heat and/or fluctuating conditions that stress the plant out. So our Mizuna will bolt as winter turns to Spring and our Spring-planted Mizuna will bolt as Summer hits too. And it won't grow during summer at all without a lot of extra work and materials like shade cloth (i have very hot summers though!).
So basically, I'd recommend trying to plant it during your mild/cool shoulder seasons if you have them. Mizuna grows fast so you don't need a long summer growing season to get a good harvest!
Cheers =)
I’m a new gardener but I have grown mizuna for the past three years I love it
It's the best!
Zone 5b, I planted a curly leaf mustard variety (Southern Giant?) years ago-it's been indestructible ever since.
It creates two crops -one early summer one in the fall, from its own self seeding.
It can survive well into cold late falls.
The leaves are great in Asian style noodle soups.
That sounds awesome! Sometimes when I think I've killed my mizuna for the season by chopping it off right at the soil level, it grows right back =)
Thank you for the video. This year, I replaced mixed salad greens with Mizuna because Mizuna (from Kyoto) is tender, a bit tougher than mixed salad, very nutritious, and easy to grow (all year round). I also add Mibuna (from Kyoto) to my salad bowl when I need a bit of spicy touch.
You're welcome! Both mizuna and mibuna will always have a place in my garden =) (...and in our salads!)
I grew Mazuna to replace my arugula (that seems to bolt if I look at it wrong).
Haha good call! I was just in the garden and it's insane how much more productive the mizuna is than the arugula. I like em both but no question I'd go with mizuna if I had to choose one.
heck yes, so true!
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Thank you for watching!
I used to live in London which is blisteringly hot and sunny in the summer. I had a huge grow on my window ledges and on the balcony. Then I moved central Scotland.
When I tried to do a window grow it was a disaster. Its like a mild version of Sweden up here. During winter its ridiculous... shortest day is like six and a bit hours, and sun barely makes it above the horizon. The summers are lovely, mild and short.
Nearly everything I tried to grow just about sprouted, and then floundered. Too cold on the window ledge, and not enough direct light.
The one exception was mizuna. This was the one thing I had never tried to grow before, and it seemed much more hardy with both temperature and tolerating poor lighting.
I am now an instant fan, and this year Im going to try and grow it outdoors.
thanks for the video btw
This was such a fun comment to read, thank you for sharing! I've never been to Scotland and London only during Winter so I can't really even imagine. In fact, I'm not sure I've gardened in a zone lower than 9 now that I think about it...
Anyhow, I'm such a fan of Mizuna. Love to know I'm not alone!
London- blisteringly hot?
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Can I make mustard from the seeds? I have tons of seed pods on my plant current and love whole seed mustard
Ah apologies! I've never tried and have never spoken with another grower about it either. I'll see what I can find but I don't want to give you the wrong answer!
How does the taste compare to Arugula as far as the spicy level? I have seeds but have yet to grow it. Thanks
Oooo good question! It's stronger than the slow bolt arugula we grow but not as strong as some varieties of arugula. I've found it does a better job of mellowing out when cooked though.
If one needs to plant mizuna in pots.....how deep should the pot be?
Thanks CHarlie HUnnam
SOA is one of my favorite shows so I'll take it!
I think i planted too many seeds into my small pot, when they sprout I might need to find a way to get more pots :) I intended to only have a small mizuna in my bedroom but I think i'll end up with a whole orchard accidentally 😂 the seeds are germinating under a tesco freezer bag in the pot nice moist soil
edit: chatgpt told me I have to unfortunately let some pass, I might send a note to my neighbour asking if she'd like a seedling but I live in an apartment and only have a small pot for my mizuna, i'll keep a seedling but i'm not sure if the seedlings are edible, if they are they'll add a kick to my maggi noodles
You can definitely plant Mizuna densely, but at a certain point you'll just get microgreens =)
In a small pot indoors, I'd personally probably try and concentrate on just having one or a couple and seeing how they do the first year!
"...heat waves into the 80's" That's hilarious. I do grow mizuna in the fall and spring, but if highs in the 80's count as a heatwave, I have a non-stop heatwave from May through October.
Let a few mizuna plants go to seed, by the way. You'll attract a ton of native pollinators and have seeds for years.
Surely you would appreciate the list of most nutritious plants for mankind, in correct dosages of course:
Pears
Pomegranate
Artichokes
Cruciferous Vegetables (Red cabbage,...)
Cucumbers
Tropaeolum majus
Zucchini
Broccoli
Nutmeg
Oranges
Chicory Traveler
Sesame
Lettuces (spinach, beet leaves, lambs romaine iceberg butterhead)
Mizuna
Gingseng