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    Komatsuna

    Komatsuna aka Japanese Mustard Spinach.
    L1dl are selling Living Salads of Komatsuna with some Purple Pakchoi in the mix. Its about 85p for a punnet and there are lots of seedlings that would like to be thinned out and planted somewhere more spacious.

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    Thought you was talking about a volcano from the subject title VC .......
    Nannys make memories

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      Thanks VC I've had a google and it sounds a lot like pac choi but without the bolting problem.
      Location....East Midlands.

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      • #4
        It tastes quite mild/bland - like lettuce does. Think the flavour becomes stronger with age.
        I'm going to try planting some out to grow BIG - see what happens

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        • #5
          I've grown komatsuna from seed (it also comes in some of the mixed winter salad packets). It is pleasant enough to eat, very like pak choi, and I found it no less likely to bolt.

          Good luck with it VC - I would love to be proved wrong, but I think that it is likely (like pak choi) to dislike being transplanted, and they may simply bolt when planted out. Worth a try though.
          Last edited by Penellype; 18-07-2017, 08:46 AM.
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          • #6
            I've grown it from seed too, quite tasty but does bolt easily in summer. Works well in the tunnel over winter though

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            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              So far, so good
              There was enough for a large pot too

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              • #8
                Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
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                So far, so good
                There was enough for a large pot too

                I bought a similar batch from Lidl and am also going to plant mine out in a tray (hopefully this evening) - I decided to return my trolley to the shop though, to get my £1 back :-)

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                • #9
                  Don't want you to think I "nicked" it, Nick It was dumped outside my gate so I brought it in off the road for safety - and I'm minding it for a while I checked for £1 but it was empty
                  Wish I could get hold of some more - its brilliant!

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                    Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                    Don't want you to think I "nicked" it, Nick It was dumped outside my gate so I brought it in off the road for safety - and I'm minding it for a while I checked for £1 but it was empty
                    Wish I could get hold of some more - its brilliant!
                    Mobile raised bed.............now there's an idea!
                    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                    Diversify & prosper


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                    • #11
                      It really is useful. I can wheel it into the sun. A bag of compost on its side fits perfectly. Cut the side off the bag and its ready to plant
                      I really would like more!
                      Some years back I found a trolley dumped in the woods so I pushed it all the way home, rang the supermarket and they took weeks to collect it and didn't even say thank you. I have no conscience about minding this one until its collected S'pose I'd have to tell them it was here first

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