White/yellow - Mustard
This fast-growing variety has flowers that are very good for honey, and seeds that are used as a condiment. It can also be used as fodder or green manure. Mustard's taproot improves soil quality by breaking up clumps of clay. It also captures phosphorus and potassium, making them available for subsequent crops.
in the ground, on the fly, online
Sow directly in place, from spring to autumn. Cover seeds by raking lightly after sowing. It grows best in winter, as it doesn't like much sun. Leave the plants to flower for the bees and mow before they go to seed.
Mustard easily withstands sub-zero temperatures from -5° to -10°, but is very sensitive to drought.
March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
in the ground
semi-shade, sunny
medium
all floor types
wet, drained
Sinapis alba
early
40 grams
Yellow
From 50 to 80 cm
serrated
In addition to its culinary uses, mustard is an excellent, easy-to-grow green manure! Its taproot system loosens heavy soils while fixing phosphorus and potassium in the soil, making them available and assimilable by subsequent crops. Its rapid growth offers fairly late sowing windows. Cut it, or lay it down and bury it under mulch, before it goes to seed and resprouts spontaneously.
