Southern Giant Curled Mustard is a classic heirloom mustard green known for its large beautifully frilled leaves, mild flavor, and dependable garden performance. The tender leafy greens offer a pleasant flavor mild enough to substitute for spinach in many fresh and cooked dishes.
This productive mustard variety is excellent for salads, sautés, soups, stir fries, steaming, and traditional Southern cooking. The richly textured curled leaves also make it an attractive addition to raised beds, kitchen gardens, and market displays.
Southern Giant Curled Mustard is especially valued for being slow to flower, allowing for an extended harvest season with continued tender leaf production. It thrives in cooler growing conditions and performs wonderfully in spring and fall gardens.
Southern Giant Curled Mustard Seed Details
- Quantity: 500 Seeds
- Plant Type: Heirloom Mustard Green
- Leaf Color: Deep Green
- Flavor: Mild Pleasant Flavor
- Growth Habit: Large Frilled Leaf Growth
- Seed Planting Depth: 1/4-1/2 Inch
- Germination Temperature: 45-65°F
- Days to Germination: 5-13 Days
- Row Spacing: 18 Inches
- Plant Spacing: 6 Inches
- 100' Row Yield: 70 Pounds
- Sun Requirements: Full Sun
- Harvest Time: Approximately 56 Days
- Special Feature: Slow to Bolt
- Ideal Uses: Salads, Soups, Stir Fry, Steaming, Southern Cooking, Spinach Substitute, Raised Beds, Homesteads, Market Gardens
How to Save Seeds
Mustard greens will cross pollinate with other mustard greens within the same species, though not necessarily with all members of the mustard family. Be sure to identify each species before planting multiple mustard varieties nearby.
For maintaining seed purity, separate compatible mustard varieties by at least 1 mile whenever possible.
Allow plants to mature fully and naturally produce seed pods. Once the pods have dried completely on the plant, harvest them carefully before they split open naturally.
Dry harvested pods thoroughly if needed, then remove the seeds and store them in labeled airtight containers or envelopes in a cool dry location until ready for future planting.
