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Cut-and-come-again greens will keep you supplied throughout the cool season.
| Mustard Greens
- Leaf size: 8 to 15 inches
- Matures: 45 days
Very fast-growing, nutritious, leafy greens for cool-season growing. Always taste sweeter when nipped by frost. Can cook Southern style or even cut up raw for a nippy, peppery taste in salads. A whole leaf will add spark to a sandwich. Space plants 12 inches apart. Nutritional Information Like all leafy green vegetables, mustard greens are packed with nutrients, including large amounts of nine vitamins, seven minerals, fiber, and protein. Mustard is especially high in bone-healthy vitamins K, C, and folate, carotenoids for eye health, and vitamin E, a potent antioxidant to combat free-radical damage and boost mental functions. Mustard is also a great source of calcium and is low in oxalates, which can interfere with mineral absorption. 1 cup cooked, chopped mustard greens - Calories: 21
- Carbohydrates: 3 grams
- Dietary fiber: 3 grams
- Protein: 3 grams
- Vitamin A: 177%
- Vitamin C: 59%
- Vitamin K: 524%
- Folate: 26%
- Vitamin E: 8%
- Vitamin B6: 7%
- Manganese: 19%
- Calcium: 10%
- Potassium: 8%
- Copper: 6%
- Iron: 5%
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