Success Case - Komatsuna 'Summer Fest'

💚 A single plant started from seed provides continuous harvest from late June to first snow.

 

04/15    Started seed indoor

04/19    Seedlings emerged (day 4)

05/03    Transplanted outside (day 18)
78F / 55F

05/21    Barely large enough to pick a leaf or two (day 36)
77F / 45F

06/04    Leaves are starting to get larger (day 50)
89F / 59F

06/14    Suddenly larger than Romaine Lettuce! (day 60)
66F / 53F

06/24    Enough harvest for ohitashi (day 70)
86F / 68F

Weekly harvest from here on.

08/24    Starting to bolt (day 131)
87F / 67F

09/16    Getting massive!  Insect infestation is getting serious. (day 154)
73F / 51F

10/29    End of season.  Picked all the good leaves before the first snow. (day 197)
49F / 43F

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* Delicious as ohitashi, miso soup, stir-fry.
* Lasts for years as sauerkraut in a jar.