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Brassicaceae
White mustard
Sinapis alba
Also known as Sinapis alba, Rhamphospermum album, Leucosinapis alba, Eruca alba
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Mustard · Herb · Edible · Cover Crop · Annual · Brassica · Culinary · Fast Growing · Green Manure · Seed Crop
White mustard is a fast-growing annual herb that does best in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil and regular watering during the growing season. It is widely grown as a culinary herb, cover crop, and green manure, and its seeds are the source of classic yellow mustard condiment. Direct-sow seeds in spring or autumn and harvest leaves young for salads or allow plants to set seed for mustard production.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water regularly to keep soil moist during germination and early growth; reduce once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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