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Early spring to midsummer, every 7–10 days for a steady supply.
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Aromatic edible chrysanthemum greens.
Shungiku has deeply cut, aromatic leaves; this is the fine, small-leaf strain. Cut the greens at about 4–8" for salads, cooked dishes, pickles and sushi.
Plants left uncut later bear small orange and yellow edible flowers.
About 30 days to baby leaf and 45 days to full size, from sowing. Open-pollinated.
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Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.
Early spring to midsummer, every 7–10 days for a steady supply.
About 15 seeds per foot, 1/4" deep; most need no thinning.
Row cover stops flea beetle damage.
Shoot types as buds open, again and again; leafy types once.
Glebionis coronaria
Sow from early spring into midsummer. In mild areas, or in a high tunnel for overwintering, sowing can continue into late fall.
Counted from the direct-sowing date.
For full-size bunches, sow about 15 seeds per foot (10–12 per foot for Green 70 D Improved), 1/4" deep, in rows 12–18" apart. Most of these greens need no thinning; any that do say so in the description.
For bunching at that spacing: roughly 1 oz. per 830 ft. and 1 lb. per 13,000 ft.
A fresh sowing every 7–10 days keeps budding, cutting and heading types coming without a gap.
Floating row cover laid at sowing is the best defense against flea beetles.
Flowering-shoot types such as choi sum and kailaan are picked when the buds are full and just a few have opened, and they regrow for several cuttings. Heading and leafy types such as komatsuna and Chinese cabbage are cut once, anywhere from medium to full size.
250 seeds.
About 12,500 on average.
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