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Quick Cropping Asian Greens
Komatsuna
This is a classic leafy Japanese vegetable often called Japanese Mustard Spinach. It is a fast-growing vegetable and can be grown all year round in Melbourne.
This versatile vegetable partners well with simple herbs like parsley, chives, onions but also goes well with Asian type flavours like laksa leaf, coriander, ginger, garlic and chilli.
This is a real multi tasking vegetable that can be used in salads, stir fries and steamed as a side dish. Use in salads with a mixture of sweet herbs like mint, lime verbena and lime juice. Healthy vegetable that is high in iron.
Plant in sunny position in well drained but moist soil. Also suited to large pots. Cultivation/Fertiliser: Harvest young leaves regularly and remove
flower stems as they appear. The more you harvest the better it produces.
Fertilise with Maxicrop regularly.
Tatsoi
A compact growing annual with attrative ruffled green leaves.
Like most leaf vegetables it it high in Vitamins C & K and Potassium, Iron and Calcium. It is best eaten raw in salads and sandwiches but also performs well in stirfries and lightly steamed. Toss in wok with fresh Broccoli florets, soy sauce and ginger marmalade. Can also be added to soups and stews.
Prefers moist but well drained soil in a part to full sun pposition. Will tolerate heavy frosts. Fertilise with Maxicrop in spring, summer and autumn. Harvest when leaves are about 20cm long. Excellent for repeat harvesting and the more you use it the better it will perform.
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